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Your weekly health and science reading list
People are misinterpreting genetic information to make claims about nationalism and racial superiority—like placing too much meaning in the ability to digest lactose. An important read to understand what population genetics can really tell us about our genetic differences.Women in the U.S. can now get safe abortions by mail by Olga Khazan in The Atlantic.
An organization called Women on Web has been providing women pills that trigger miscarriages for several years, but never shipped to America. Now their founder has started a new service that will.“OMG you’re amazing!”: How people respond (or not) to compliments on social media by Jane C. Hu on Quartz.
How is social media changing the way we respond when people say nice things to us?Digital immortality: How your life’s data means a version of you could live forever by Courtney Humphries in MIT Tech Review.
This is literally a black mirror episode, right? Humphries explore the real-life possibility of a digital afterlife.Sign up for our newsletter to get the best of Tonic delivered to your inbox.