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As part of our Ask the Brain series, science writer Shafaq Zia answers the question, “Why do we dream?” _____ One night, Albert Einstein dreamt that he was walking through a farm where he found a herd of cows against an electric fence. When the farmer switched on the fence, the cows suddenly jumped back, […]
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