Gender
Where Men See White, Women See Ecru
Neuroscientists prove what we always suspected: the two sexes see the world differently
March 2013 |
By Libby Copeland
Aldous Huxley’s Predictions for 2000 A.D.
The famous author envisioned a brave new world where swelling populations would put tremendous strain on the Earth's resources
November 01, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Sex and Space Travel: Predictions from the 1950s
The cure for lonely space missions? One astronomer proposed hiring astronaut concubines
October 18, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
It’s a Woman’s World With the End of Men
Men are floundering in the 21st century, according to Hanna Rosin, and the shift has wide-ranging implications for the workplace and the home
September 11, 2012 |
By Megan Gambino
Mechanical Matchmaking: The Science of Love in the 1920s
Four "scientific" tests to determine whether your marriage will succeed or fail
May 23, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
Lab-grown Babies in the Year 2030
A 1930 book argued that women's "liberation from the dangers of childbirth" would be a crucial first step toward gender equality.
February 09, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
In The Future, All Women Will Be Amazons
A 1950 news report predicted that women in the year 2000 would be "more than six feet tall, wear a size 11 shoe, have shoulders like a wrestler and muscles like a truck driver."
January 20, 2012 |
By Matt Novak
A Thanksgiving Meal (in-a-pill)
The future of food was envisioned by many prognosticators as entirely meatless and often synthetic.
November 23, 2011 |
By Matt Novak
History of the Hysterical Man
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
