April is brimming with cosmic energy, marked by meaningful shifts, passionate interactions, and opportunities for deep personal growth. Here’s your guide to navigating the key astrological events this month, each complete with insights and actionable takeaways. April 4 — Saturn in Pisces Sextile Uranus in Taurus This inventive aspect blends…
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Earliest use of psychoactive and medicinal plant ‘harmal’ identified in Iron Age Arabia
A new study uses metabolic profiling to uncover ancient knowledge systems behind therapeutic and psychoactive plant use in ancient Arabia. New research published in Communications Biology has uncovered the earliest known use of the medicinal and psychoactive plant Peganum harmala, commonly known as Syrian rue or harmal, in fumigation practices…
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How to Organize Your Monthly Subscriptions in 2022
We all utilize services with monthly subscription costs, whether you use streaming services, music apps, or what have you. Today, let’s discuss how you can do an annual overview of your subscriptions (and what to cut vs. keep!) Check The App Store First of all, make a list of the…
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April 2025 Forecast: Truth Revealed, Power Claimed
April 2025 is a high-stakes, high-clarity month that asks one question: Are you ready to act on what you now know? The revelations of March—those eclipses, that Neptune-in-Aries portal—rattled your inner foundation. But April? It demands action. This is not the month to sit back and “see what happens.” This…
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John Bargh’s “Before You Know It” – Mind Hacks
I have a review of John Bargh’s new book “Before You Know It: The Unconscious Reasons We Do What We Do” in this month’s Psychologist magazine. You can read the review in print (or online here) but the magazine could only fit in 250 words, and I originally wrote closer…
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How to Overcome Being Alone & Meet People When You Travel
Before I first went traveling in 2006, I had these expectations in my head based on nothing but my imagination and popular culture. My trip was going to be a nonstop adventure filled with colorful and exciting people. Crazy things were going to happen to me. I’d make friends everywhere.…
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OLED G4 77″ with Supplied Wall Mount & FREE Soundbar (S80TR) $2308.49
LG Partner Store has for eligible EPP/EDU Members: 77″ LG OLED77G4WUA G4 Series OLED evo Smart TV (2024) + LG S80TR 5.1.3 channel Soundbar with Dolby Atmos and Rear Surround Speakers on sale for $2,308.49 when you follow the steps below. Shipping is free. Thanks to Community Member b258 for…
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Your Weekly Horoscope: (April 7
This week’s astrology is not here to play cute. With Venus linking arms with no-nonsense Saturn and Mercury finally waking up from its retrograde fog, the truth is coming in hot—and it’s not waiting for permission. Expect overdue epiphanies, emotional plot twists, and the kind of clarity that makes you…
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Scopus indexed a journal with a fake editorial board and a sham archive – Retraction Watch
Editor’s note: We asked Elsevier to respond to some of the findings in this post. In response, a spokesperson told us they will now remove the journal from Scopus. See Elsevier’s response in this story. I received a letter recently pointing me to a questionable journal indexed in Elsevier’s Scopus…
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The Book of Kells — Christ Enthroned – Rick Steves’ Travel Blog
For me, one of the great joys of travel is having in-person encounters with great art — which I’ve collected in a book called Europe’s Top 100 Masterpieces. Here’s one of my favorites: Jesus Christ sits on a throne and solemnly cradles something very important — a book, the holy…