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People know a good story when they hear one. We are a narrative species: our brains function as storytelling organs in our frontal lobes, which, say neuroscientists, distinguish us from other animals. Evolution is a story, a beauty. We're stories as individuals; our DNA writes the plot, sometimes the...
That's true even if, as some experts suspect, the specimen is really as little as 2.5 million years old. Complete skeletons are so rare that even such a relative youngster will inevitably flesh out the book of human evolution as few discoveries ever have. Says William Kimbel, science director...
It took a ruling in Britain's highest court that Pinochet was not covered by official immunity to highlight a dramatic but almost unnoticed evolution under way in international law. The premise that national leaders cannot get away with mass murder and torture has been on the books since the...
Once he has tracked the evolution of the phenomenon, Gabler shows us the extent to which Americans have gone to sculpt and alter their own identities, with examples such as the market for professionally written term papers, a retirement community in Florida designed to offer its residents a 24/7 Disney...
In the corporate future when engineers consolidate their power, cubicles will still exist, because they're very space efficient. Engineers appreciate efficiency. But unlike the sterile boxes of today, every cubicle will be a technology wonderland customized for the occupant. Flat-panel screens on each wall will give the impression...