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Dr. William Brown is a professor of neurology at McMaster University and co-founder of the Infohealth series at the Niagara-on-the-Lake Public Library.

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Dr. Brown: How clever were our early ancestors?

“Colonizing Europeans often encountered what they considered primitive peoples,” writes Dr. William Brown. “Yet, within a few generations, those so-called ‘primitives’ mastered European languages, cultures and technologies.”

Dr. Brown: The science behind ‘that gut feeling’

“It’s common enough when we’re worried or upset for our feelings to be accompanied by an increase in heart rate, perhaps even a skipped or extra beat … But what if, as some scientists suggest, the opposite happens?” writes Dr. William Brown.

Dr. Brown: The immune system: distinguishing friends from foes

“This is a very solid story of science at its best, expressed in the imagination and dogged persistence of the three laureates,” writes Dr. William Brown, on this year’s winners of the Nobel Prize in medicine and their discoveries concerning how the immune system is kept in check.

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