Subject: Learning While Asleep, Water on Mars, The Purpose of Play and More in the Insider Newsletter
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Experiments Show We Really Can Learn While We Sleep
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Temple Grandin on a New Approach for Thinking About Thinking
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(Think Fast Answer: California) California was the first state to select an official state insect. The Dogface Butterfly was chosen as the state insect in 1929 after a statewide poll of active entomologists