The failed ideologies of the last century have come to an end. But a new one has risen to take their place. It is the ideology of Development—and it promises...
Researchers have figured out how to remove fat from one part of the body and make it grow in another part -- at least in mice -- and say their findings could...
It failed to bring Jim Carrey happiness in the award-winning film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but scientists have now developed a way to block and...
The first test-tube baby created from an egg matured in the laboratory and then frozen has been born in Canada, in a breakthrough offering hope to women with...
Yawning is not something we usually aim to provoke among our readers, but have a yawn now. Does your brain feel cooler? Do you feel more attentive? According...
Big dreams are once again on the minds of psychologists as part of a larger trend toward studying dreams as meaningful representations of our concerns and...
A lifelong member of the Hemlock Society, my 87-year-old grandmother is frail, housebound, nearly blind -- and ready to die. Why won't anyone let her? ...
Why most suicide bombers are Muslim, beautiful people have more daughters, humans are naturally polygamous, sexual harassment isn't sexist, and blonds are more...
By Freeman Dyson Two facts about the coming century are agreed on by almost everyone. Biology is now bigger than physics, as measured by the size of budgets,...
Whether lying about raiding the biscuit tin or denying they broke a toy, all children try to mislead their parents at some time. Yet it now appears that babies...
If it were, the world really would be flat, wouldn't it? http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-barash5jul05,0,4857771.story? coll=la-opinion-rightrail...
An older woman's slim chances of becoming pregnant could be made worse if embryos are screened for defects before being implanted into the womb, a study has...
A philosopher makes a case for setting limits on self-improvement, genetic and otherwise. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/08/books/review/Saletan.html...
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