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Kenneth Miller

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As seen in: Discover Magazine, Eyes on Earth, New Scientist, Prevention, Aeon, Hachette Book Group (HBG), Jewish Journal (Los Angeles), Brown Alumni Magazine
Author: Mapping the Darkness, Oct 2023 @HachetteBooks. Contributing editor, Discover. Bylines in Mother Jones, Rolling Stone, Aeon, etc. Harmonica & keyboards.

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Kenneth Miller’s Biography

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Kenneth Miller is an award-winning journalist whose work has appeared in Time, Life, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones, Discover, Aeon, and many other publications. He has reported from four continents on topics including science, medicine, criminal justice, and the environment. His book, "Mapping the Darkness: The Visionary Scientists Who Unlocked the Mysteries of Sleep" (Hachette, 2023) was a New York Times Editor's Choice.

Currently a contributing editor for Discover, Ken has served as West Coast …

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How Mushrooms Can Save the World

How Mushrooms Can Save the World

Crusading mycologist Paul Stamets says fungi can clean up everything from oil spills to nuclear meltdowns.

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The Midas Touch

The Midas Touch

In Alaska’s Bristol Bay region, the continent’s biggest deposit could produce more gold than the Klondike gol…

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Journey to Justice

Journey to Justice

Barbara Mulvaney pursued criminals from Malibu to Miami before her own life and family fell apart. Then she …

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Could deep-brain stimulation be a cure for anorexia?

Could deep-brain stimulation be a cure for anorexia?

Anorexia remains a deadly and mysterious illness. Could radical new brain treatments offer the possibility of…

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Alone. Injured. Almost Dead

Alone. Injured. Almost Dead

A solo hiker has to abandon his food and water in a last-ditch attempt to survive after a gruesome accident l…

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Are They Forgivable?

Are They Forgivable?

In a national act of redemption, Rwanda aims to embrace 30,000 perpetrators of mass ethnic slaughter now retu…

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My Response to Rabbi Wolpe's Column on the Rabbinate

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| Jewish Journal (Los Angeles) Verified
In his recent article for theJewish Journal, “Why I Became a Rabbi (and You Should, Too),” Rabbi David Wolpe offers an earnest and thoughtful reflection on the spiritual rewards and emotional demands of rabbinic life. He writes honestly about burnout, disappointment and the weight of communal responsibility and his lifelong devotion to Jewish learning and leadership is undeniable. For many of us considering or already pursuing the rabbinate, the vision he describes feels familiar.
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Sleep Secrets

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| Brown Alumni Magazine Verified
Dement designed a trial to gauge the effects of a “day” lasting just 90 minutes, and he assigned Carskadon to conduct it. In the study, five volunteers tried to sleep for 30 minutes and stay awake for 60, repeating the cycle over five 24-hour periods. Carskadon and her assistants took turns running the polygraph and administering tests of mood, sleepiness, and cognitive performance. The results held several surprises.
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Sleep Spelunking

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| Discover Magazine Verified
When University of Chicago physiologist Nathaniel Kleitman told fellow faculty members he was seeking a locale for a month-long sleep experiment - someplace as isolated from the rhythms of day and night as the Arctic in summer - a colleague in the geology department said he knew just the spot. Between 10 million and 15 million years ago, in what is now south‑central Kentucky, trickles of groundwater began probing the cracks in a fossil seabed.
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