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Are Scientists or Moviemakers the Bigger Dodos?

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:43:17 GMT

Scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson says that academics must be more like Hollywood in how they share their love for science

Presence: Origin of a Theory

Tue, 27 May 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Charles Darwin's bid for enduring fame was sparked 150 years ago by word of a rival's research

History of the Hysterical Man

Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:48:05 GMT

Doctors once thought that only women suffered from hysteria, but a medical historian says that men were always just as susceptible

The Secret of San Luis Valley

Thu, 25 Sep 2008 06:00:00 GMT

In Colorado, the gene linked to a virulent form of breast cancer found mainly in Jewish women is discovered in Hispanic Catholics

Presence of Mind - Buckle Up. And Behave - Apr09

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Do we take more risks when we feel safe? Fifty years after we began using the three-point seatbelt, there's a new answer

Interview: Richard Lerner

Sat, 01 Sep 2007 04:00:00 GMT

The Tufts University developmental scientist challenges the myth of the troubled adolescent in his new book, "The Good Teen"

Interview: Daniel Gilbert

Tue, 01 May 2007 04:00:00 GMT

What will make you happy? A social scientist explains why it's so hard to predict

How to Be a Snoop

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:24:36 GMT

The way you arrange your home or office may reveal surprising results

The Journey to Elsewhere, U.S.A.

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 05:30:08 GMT

A professor explains how new technology drastically altered the modern American family unit

Dreading the Worst When it Comes to Epidemics

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 02:31:38 GMT

A scientist by training, author Philip Alcabes studies the etymology of epidemiology and the cultural fears of worldwide disease

The Truth About Traffic

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Author Tom Vanderbilt Shows Why Cars and People Don’t Mix

Walk This Way

Sun, 01 Jul 2007 04:00:00 GMT

Humans' two-legged gait evolved to save energy, new research says

Meditate on It

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 05:00:00 GMT

Could ancient campfire rituals have separated us from Neanderthals?

Presence of Mind: Sound and Fury

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:01:57 GMT

Norman Mailer's anger and towering ego propelled-and undermined-his prodigious output

Presence of Mind - Blame the Rich

Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:03:34 GMT

They made us who we are, some researchers now say

Anthropology & Behavior

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:59:31 GMT

They made us who we are, some researchers now say

Thinking Like a Monkey

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:00:58 GMT

What do our primate cousins know and when do they know it? Researcher Laurie Santos is trying to read their minds

Animal Insight

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 01:48:02 GMT

Recent studies illustrate which traits humans and apes have in common—and which they don't

The Social Brain

Tue, 19 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Does an obscure nerve cell help explain what gorillas, elephants, whales—and people—have in common?

The Culture of Being Rude

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:19:08 GMT

A new biological theory states that cultural behavior is not just a regional quirk, but a defense against the spread of disease

From the Editor - Positive Thinking - June09

Tue, 19 May 2009 06:00:00 GMT

Funny-looking cells and an air of expectation