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Human Nature
Mad or Machine?
How Modern Technology Shapes and Mirrors Delusional Beliefsby
26 April 2010
Imagine the following: You’re a psychiatrist. A man comes to see you who believes his every movement, action, and word are being recorded by Chinese spies. They aim to kidnap and/or…
Who would you let take over your thoughts?by
14 April 2010
Studies show that nostalgia has powerful evolutionary functions.by
15 March 2010
Being a Statistical Analysis of Graffiti Found at the University of Chicago Libraryby
03 February 2010
Will Big Pharma's female libido-booster Flibanserin enliven ailing sex lives—or handcuff women to another daily pill?by
27 January 2010
The damage to their visual cortex means there's no way these patients can see. Why do they deny they're blind?by
10 November 2009
Deep brain stimulation offers hope to many patients, but changing the brain’s signals can have unintended effects.by
07 October 2009
How everyday mind reading skills help us navigate - or get lost in - the stormy landscape of human interactionsby
17 May 2008
What happens when megalomanaical psychologists are allowed to experiment on babies with no ethical review board.by
18 April 2008
Science shows what we all instinctively know: pauses in music speak loudly to the brain. by
19 March 2008
All the most illustrious scientists had them. So why are they such bad news in the lab? by
05 March 2008
Your psychological well being is probably not the key to fertility. by
08 January 2008
Why you should never date man who knows more math than you.by
13 October 2007
The powerful helping hand of grandmothers has shaped human lifespan, but grandfathers were too busy scoring chicks. by
02 August 2007
Our love of milk goes back thousands of years. But today, does it do a body any more good than bad?by
18 July 2007
Surreptitious odors may be the key to wild and sexy behavior in fruit flies, mice, and peopleby
16 July 2007
Louann Brizendine's book "The Female Brain" frankly pisses Sandra Kiume off. Here's why. by
13 June 2007
Some antidepressants developed for adults can turn dangerous when they're prescribed for the under-24 crowd. Kind of. by
10 May 2007
They pinch your cheeks, knit you sweaters and feed you mountains of mashed potatoes. Is that why you're still alive?by
02 May 2007
Studies indicate that yeah, it cuts like a knife. But it feels so right.by
14 February 2007
No one really knows why primates signed up for the Monthly Subscriptionby
31 January 2007
Human brains seem to calibrate color vision against a standard, making up for differences in eye hardware.by
31 January 2007
Do blue-eyed men prefer blue-eyed women so they can detect the offspring of an adultering mate?by
24 January 2007
Infants learn to ignore differences between faces of races rarely encountered. So why are they so good with monkey faces?by
17 January 2007
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A little gene called Frizzled-6 is the key to your coifby
02 January 2007
Gay men like musicals, the rich love opera and hip-hoppers are libertariansby
02 January 2007
You bet your teeth-whitening toothpaste they are!by
02 January 2007
The pheromones produced by biological fathers may influence a girl's sexual maturityby
18 December 2006
Even if you don’t know it, your brain clocks things like naked ladies and muggers at breakneck speed. by
18 December 2006
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