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Book Reviews – Fiction, non-fiction, philosophy, contemporary, classics, short-stories, and a recently translated novel.

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Here’s a recent reading roundup across fiction, nonfiction, philosophy, contemporary literature, short stories, classics, and a newly translated novel. Nonfiction: AI, consciousness, and the human cost of technology Feeding the Machine: The Hidden Human Labor Powering A.I.James Muldoon, Mark Graham, and Callum Cant | Published August 6, 2024… 

Author Interview – nonahood news – may 14, 2026

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This article originally appeared in Nonahood News. Read the original publication here: The Artist: Judd Midlam – Nonahood News The Artist: Judd Midlam May 14, 2026 by Angelica Medina Leave a Comment Nonahood News: Your career in healthcare and global pharmacy is quite different from fiction writing, what prompted the shift… 

Conflicting messages – alcoholism, neurodiversity, and freewill

Conflicting messages – alcoholism, neurodiversity, and freewill

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New Year’s resolutions, dry January, credit card debt, divorce, insomnia and anxiety—running over fragments of what was said during the office Christmas party or the family get together. This is the life of an alcoholic. Struggling with the consequences of chaos, grasping at the opportunities to find order.… 

Is Addiction a Disorder of Temporality?

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“The study mentioned above shows that, at least at the beginning of the period of abstention, addicts are encountering difficulties in following a strict therapeutic temporal regime, experiencing concomitantly a need to accelerate time as it passed. From this point of view, addiction appears as “a temporal disorder,… 

Nature vs. Nurture: Is Alcohol Use Disorder in Our Genes?

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It is no secret that the genes we inherit from our parents determine simple physical traits such as hair color and height. That comes down to a mixture of certain genes, which include a randomness component related to the allele—or gene variant—we inherit. But when it comes to… 

Human genetics and epigenetics of alcohol use disorder

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“Integration of comprehensive insights from both genetic and epigenetic studies holds promise for the development of targeted and personalized therapeutic strategies, representing a crucial step forward in addressing the multifaceted nature of AUD [Alcohol Use Disorder].” Credit: The Journal of Clinical Investigation

The Psychedelics Drug Development Tracker

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Mapping Drug Development in Psychedelics This overview seeks to map out drug discovery & development activity in psychedelics. Candidates currently undergoing clinical trials are presented first, while those that are at the discovery or preclinical stage are catalogued in the latter half of this page. Due to the large amount of data…