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In today’s newsletter, w= e discover how psychedelics can be used to cure the brai= n, question why this critically = acclaimed book is being banned, grieve for Chile’s dying glaciers =2E=2E=2E = and discover why alcohol-related deaths in women are rising=2E Plus, a new Nat Geo quiz!
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