May 2007

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Blinded by Science: IQ Is Dumb

Get ready for gentler aptitude ratings like Ideaphoria and Foresight.
by Bruno Maddox

Raw Data: The Ancient Chimp Stone Age

Chimps created tools like humans' over 4,000 years ago.
by Josie Glausiusz

The Dark Side of Reality TV

Who are the real subjects of these twisted psych experiments?
by Douglas Rushkoff

Review: Meet the Ancestors

A jazzy new Hall of Human Origins opens at the American Museum of Natural History
by Josie Glausiusz

Vital Signs: Attacked from Within

A woman battles a disease so diverse that it eludes diagnosis.
by Robert A. Norman

What's Wrong With American Medicine?

The New Yorker ignores the elephant in the room: money.
by Tony Dajer

Fuzzy Math: Dubious Change

Buying a pack of gum can leave you $5 richer.
by Alex Stone

20 Things You Didn't Know About... Pencils

Erasing with bread crumbs, pencil as murder weapon, and more
by Dean Christopher

Jaron’s World: Virtual Horizon

VR in the real world may soon surpass the famous glove from Minority Report.
by Jaron Lanier

Is Morality Innate and Universal?

A hardwired moral code leaves a lot of room for interpretation.
by Josie Glausiusz Photograph by Doron Gild

Whatever Happened To... Primal Therapy?

1970s psychotherapy is alive and screaming in Venice, California.
by Stephen Ornes