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There Are A Lot Of Obstacles In The Way Of Our Understanding Animal Intelligence - Not The Least Being That We Can't Even Agree Whether Nonhuman Species Are Conscious. We Accept That Chimps And Dolphins Experience Awareness; We Like To Think Dogs And Cats Do. But What About Mice And Newts? What About A Fly? Is Anything Going On There At All?

There's No One Place A Virus Goes To Die - But That Doesn't Make Its Demise Any Less A Public Health Victory. Throughout Human History, Viral Diseases Have Had Their Way With Us, And For Just As Long, We Have Hunted Them Down And Done Our Best To Wipe Them Out.

The Brain Sits Snugly Inside The Skull, But It's Not A Completely Flush Fit - There Is Still A Layer Of Fluid Between Bone And Soft Tissue That Serves As A Natural Shock Absorber. Some Shocks, However, Can't Be Absorbed, And When The Head Gets Clobbered Too Hard, The Brain Can Twist Or Torque Or Rattle Around Inside Its Skeletal Casing.

There Are A Lot Of Ways To Make People Not Like You, But One Of The Most Powerful - If Least Fair - Is To Be Really, Really Successful. Nobody Resents The Guy Who Just Lost His Job. But The Guy Whose Internet Start-up Made Him A Billionaire At 25? That's A Whole Different Kettle Of Envy.

As The National Football League And Other Pro Sports Increasingly Reckon With The Early Dementia, Mental Health Issues, Suicides And Even Criminal Behavior Of Former Players, The Risk Of What's Known As Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (cte), Is Becoming Clear.