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Back in April, after Romney had pulled ahead of his GOP presidential competitors for good, I wrote about Romney’s penchant, a la Donald Trump and other mega millionaires, to reframe […]
Over the past few posts here at Dollars and Sex, we have been talking about two behaviors that online dating sites encourage that make finding a mate more difficult – […]
Scientists argue the courtroom is a bad place for brain scans to serve as evidence because they cannot assess the full guilt of an individual. Other developments are changing how we think of justice.
[Author's Note: In keeping with the tradition that whenever you have a blog post whose title is a question, the answer is always "no"...] Of all the essays I've written, […]
Previously thought to be simply the glue binding the brain's neurons, glial cells have proven an important regulator of THC and therefore an important part of how conscious memory works.
The nation's leading criminologist warns that rising global temperature seed the ground for crime. Threats to livelyhood and large-scale migrations help create deprivation and discrimination.
While attending the 2012 SSA convention, I had some thoughts about the future of the secular movement and what shape it will likely take in the coming years. As atheism […]
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At the end of the day, you might very well feel like you owe all of your success to your mentor, and the only way you can possibly repay that […]
Researchers have found that adolescents who actively search for a personal identity are more likely to describe themselves in consistent and positive terms, reinforcing their values.
For college grads entering a thinner job market saddled with debt and older adults trying to return to the workplace after a long hiatus, training yourself to be optimistic could only help.
Sometimes what political science tells us is that we should pay less attention to politics. It’s easy to get caught up in the horse race aspect of the presidential election, […]
Will humans ever run 100 meters in under 9 seconds? Usain Bolt is the world's best opportunity yet to see just how far our biological limits can be bent by training and nutrition.
Harvard medical researchers have discovered how some cancer cells develop resistance to targeted therapy treatments. The study concludes that a one-drug approach is insufficient.
A rare mutation on a gene long associated with Alzheimer's seems to prevent the disease from forming. Scientists want to make a drug that mimics the specific mutation.
While eugenics is most certainly morally dubious, it simply does not work at a practical level. Any strategy to decrease genetic diversity in humans would make us less able to survive change.
The controversial biologist Craig Venter believes his team of scientists will create synthetic life within a year. Venter says the Earth's booming population depends on such advancements.
My latest article has just been posted on AlterNet, The Biggest Threats We Face From Conservative Religion. It's a substantial excerpt from chapter 1 of my new book, and is […]
On Woody Guthrie's 100th birthday, writer and musician Henry Rollins' reflections on the power – and limitations – of music.
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Music has amazing inspirational powers, says former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins – but only collective action can stop a war or change a government.
Judging by the abundance of “guilty pleasure” TV shows, many people in America seem to feel overly constrained by the norms of public civility. The expectations of reasonableness and respect […]