Department Index
Human Nature 2007:
Science, technology, and life.
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- The Best "Human Nature" Stories of 2007 The year's top 10 science and tech stories.
Dec. 28, 2007 - Personal Space Invaders The top science-and-tech privacy threats of 2007.
Dec. 27, 2007 - Subprime Clones Will the livestock industry keep your food clone-free?
Dec. 17, 2007 - Cultural Selection The evolution of evolution.
Dec. 14, 2007 - Birth in the Balance A carbon tax on parents for procreating.
Dec. 10, 2007 - Phoning It In The travesty of political robo-calls.
Dec. 7, 2007 - Hold the Fart Fighting global warming through animal burps.
Nov. 29, 2007 - Created Equal Race, genes, and intelligence.
Nov. 18, 2007 - Cyborg Soldiers War, networked helmets, and "augmented cognition."
Nov. 12, 2007 - Insect Propellant Animal brains in robotic bodies.
Nov. 5, 2007 - Jewgenics Jewish intelligence, Jewish genes, and Jewish values.
Nov. 1, 2007 - An Inconvenient Newt Newt Gingrich, environmentalist.
Oct. 30, 2007 - We Know You're Reading This Page Corporate surveillance of your online behavior.
Oct. 29, 2007 - Doctored Watson Racism, science, politics, and revisionism.
Oct. 26, 2007 - The Worm Turns The genetic reversal of sexual orientation.
Oct. 22, 2007 - Blackpedal More from James Watson on race, evolution, and intelligence.
Oct. 15, 2007 - The Jihadsons Technology lessons from the Iraq war.
Oct. 12, 2007 - No headline
Oct. 8, 2007 - Liquor License Should we lower the drinking age?
Oct. 8, 2007 - Visible Bodies Your medical records on the Web, thanks to Microsoft.
Oct. 1, 2007 - The Mind-Booty Problem Rethinking the age of sexual consent.
Sept. 27, 2007 - Denial of Cervix Why genital cancer often leads to divorce.
Sept. 24, 2007 - Wrongful Termination Abortion, genetic tests, and pro-choice squirming.
Sept. 17, 2007 - Liberal Interpretation Rigging a study to make conservatives look stupid.
Sept. 14, 2007 - F--- Off Skip work and make love for your country.
Sept. 10, 2007 - A Nation of Limbaughs Debating the epidemic of painkiller abuse.
Sept. 4, 2007 - Same Sex Larry Craig's anti-gay hypocrisy.
Aug. 30, 2007 - Waste High Drug-testing cities through their sewage.
Aug. 27, 2007 - Kicking Butt The international jihad against tobacco.
Aug. 17, 2007 - Sexual Acts Imaginary girlfriends, real rape, and real divorce.
Aug. 13, 2007 - Cappuccino Cures The health benefits of coffee.
Aug. 6, 2007 - Fat Lies Revisited Obesity, self-discipline, and stigma.
Aug. 2, 2007 - Man and Beast The slippery slope of human-animal hybrids.
July 30, 2007 - Fat Lies Obesity, laxity, and political correctness.
July 26, 2007 - Womb For Growth Developing an "artificial uterus environment."
July 23, 2007 - Arms and the Boy Children seeking athletic enhancement through surgery.
July 16, 2007 - Rights and Wrongs Liberals, progressives, and biotechnology.
July 13, 2007 - Double Vision Differentiating your eyes through surgery.
July 9, 2007 - Food Fight The case for turning crops into fuel.
July 7, 2007 - She Said, He Said Do women talk more than men?
July 2, 2007 - Identity Transplant The latest step toward engineering artificial life.
June 25, 2007 - Animal Farm The recombination of man and beast.
June 22, 2007 - Dumb and Dumber Why firstborn kids are smarter.
June 18, 2007 - Sleeping Booty The evolution of women's erotic dreams.
June 11, 2007 - Brave Old World What Dad didn't tell you about the birds and bees.
June 9, 2007 - Bad Habits Using nuns … to sell beer … as medicine.
June 4, 2007 - Global Farting Fighting climate change through reduced flatulence.
May 29, 2007 - Bloodless Revolution The abolition of menstruation.
May 26, 2007 - Crotch Shot The backlash against cosmetic vagina surgery.
May 21, 2007 - Snow Job Artificial skiing in Dubai and Texas.
May 14, 2007 - Chess Bump The triumphant teamwork of humans and computers.
May 11, 2007 - Bully Crap The certified epidemic of childhood cruelty.
May 7, 2007 - Bareback Mountain Gays, horses, bimbos, and bestiality.
May 5, 2007 - Dope on a Soap Caffeinating your body in the shower.
April 30, 2007 - Sex, Life, and Videotape Ultrasound and the future of abortion.
April 28, 2007 - Vaginally De-Livered Another breakthrough in "natural orifice" organ extraction.
April 23, 2007 - Low Tech Thank God the Blacksburg killer only had guns.
April 19, 2007 - Doctor's Orifice Removing organs through mouths, rectums, and vaginas.
April 16, 2007 - Shopped Liver The worldwide market in human organs.
April 14, 2007 - Boy Meets Bulimia Gay men and eating disorders.
April 9, 2007 - Wankers Away Your tax dollars at work, launching rich people into space.
April 2, 2007 - Mind Makes Right Brain damage, evolution, and the future of morality.
March 31, 2007 - From Ex-Lax to Xbox When geezers become gamers.
March 26, 2007 - SpongeBoob The rise of breast implants.
March 19, 2007 - Full-Mental Nudity The arrival of mind-reading machines.
March 17, 2007 - Cold Comfort Oceans of water frozen in Mars.
March 12, 2007 - Real Food for Real People A groundless beef with the Atkins diet.
March 8, 2007 - Der Sisterbanger A couple's petition to legalize incest.
March 6, 2007 - Digital Penetration Invasion of the naked body scanners.
March 3, 2007 - Rice Creepies Human genes in your breakfast cereal.
Feb. 26, 2007 - Planning of the Apes How chimps craft lethal weapons.
Feb. 20, 2007 - Shooting Pain The future of heat-beaming weapons.
Feb. 17, 2007 - Mammary Impairment Testing your breast milk for alcohol.
Feb. 12, 2007 - Wool and Graze Gay sheep revisited.
Feb. 8, 2007 - Alcoholics Adulterous Blaming your affair on the bottle.
Feb. 5, 2007 - Brokeback Mutton Gay sheep and human destiny.
Feb. 3, 2007 - Smother Earth Cooking your planet with gas.
Jan. 29, 2007 - Lucky Stroke How brain damage cures smoking.
Jan. 22, 2007 - Girl, Interrupted The power to shrink human beings.
Jan. 20, 2007 - Birth-Control Doughnuts The new rap on trans fats: infertility.
Jan. 16, 2007 - The Embryo Factory The business logic of made-to-order babies.
Jan. 15, 2007 - Shrunken Head How to lose half the length of a penis.
Jan. 8, 2007 - Cloned Bull The bum rap on cloned food.
Jan. 5, 2007 - Lapdaughter Stunting a girl's growth to keep her portable.
Jan. 2, 2007
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