Science and Medicine
- Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, a rare form of blood cancer
- Working memory, a part of the short-term memory
- White matter, a type of brain tissue
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“The poet uses the results of science and philosophy, and generalizes their widest deductions.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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“God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.”
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