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Why Time is a Social Construct

Psychologists and anthropologists debate how different cultures answer the question, “What time is it?”

The History of Boredom

You’ve never been so interested in being bored

The Pros to Being a Psychopath

In a new book, Oxford research psychologist Kevin Dutton argues that psychopaths are poised to perform well under pressure

Science Beats

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After a debilitating bicycle accident kept her inactive, Mary Collins toured the country studying Americans’ sedentary lifestyle
December 29, 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

Scientist-turned-filmmaker Randy Olson says that academics must be more like Hollywood in how they share their love for science
October 30, 2009 | By Abby Callard

A new biological theory states that cultural behavior is not just a regional quirk, but a defense against the spread of disease
August 03, 2009 | By Rob Dunn

Does an obscure nerve cell help explain what gorillas, elephants, whales—and people—have in common?
June 2009 | By Ingfei Chen

Funny-looking cells and an air of expectation
June 2009 | By Carey Winfrey

A scientist by training, author Philip Alcabes studies the etymology of epidemiology and the cultural fears of worldwide disease
April 28, 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

Do we take more risks when we feel safe? Fifty years after we began using the three-point seatbelt, there's a new answer
April 2009 | By William Ecenbarger

A professor explains how new technology drastically altered the modern American family unit.
January 29, 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

Doctors once thought that only women suffered from hysteria, but a medical historian says that men were always just as susceptible
January 05, 2009 | By Abigail Tucker

The way you arrange your home or office may reveal surprising results
October 21, 2008 | By Megan Gambino

In Colorado, the gene linked to a virulent form of breast cancer found mainly in Jewish women is discovered in Hispanic Catholics
October 2008 | By Jeff Wheelwright

Author Tom Vanderbilt Shows Why Cars and People Don’t Mix
August 25, 2008 | By Abigail Tucker

Charles Darwin's bid for enduring fame was sparked 150 years ago by word of a rival's research
June 2008 | By Richard Conniff

What do our primate cousins know and when do they know it? Researcher Laurie Santos is trying to read their minds
January 2008 | By Jerry Adler

They made us who we are, some researchers now say
December 2007 | By Richard Conniff

Could ancient campfire rituals have separated us from Neanderthals?
February 01, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

Humans' two-legged gait evolved to save energy, new research says
July 01, 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

The Tufts University developmental scientist challenges the myth of the troubled adolescent in his new book, "The Good Teen"
September 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

What will make you happy? A social scientist explains why it's so hard to predict
May 2007 | By Eric Jaffe

Recent studies illustrate which traits humans and apes have in common—and which they don't
October 11, 2007 | By Anne Casselman

Norman Mailer's anger and towering ego propelled-and undermined-his prodigious output
January 2008 | By Lance Morrow

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