From the Editor: Positive Thinking
Funny-looking cells and an air of expectation
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Dreading the Worst When it Comes to Epidemics
A scientist by training, author Philip Alcabes studies the etymology of epidemiology and the cultural fears of worldwide disease
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Buckle Up Your Seatbelt and Behave
Do we take more risks when we feel safe? Fifty years after we began using the three-point seatbelt, there’s a new answer
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Female scientists in history, photos and blogs
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The Journey to Elsewhere, U.S.A.
A professor explains how new technology drastically altered the modern American family unit
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Doctors once thought that only women suffered from hysteria, but a medical historian says that men were always just as susceptible
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The Tragic Tale of the Pygmy in the Zoo
In 1904, several Pygmies were brought to live in the anthropology exhibit at the St. Louis World’s Fair
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The way you arrange your home or office may reveal surprising results
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Cracking the Code of the Human Genome
The ‘Secret Jews’ of San Luis Valley
In Colorado, the gene linked to a virulent form of breast cancer found mainly in Jewish women is discovered in Hispanic Catholics
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Author Tom Vanderbilt Shows Why Cars and People Don’t Mix
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