A Dose of Human Kindness, Now in Chemical Form
Can the hormone oxytocin drive us to be more generous? 04.04.2008
Of Mice As Men
Without a pheromone detector, female mice turn into gender benders. 11.19.2007
The Good, the Bad, and the Tiny
The oddly oxymoronic effects of steroids on the human body 10.18.2007
Girls Gone Boys Gone Wild
Altering a mouse's sense of smell can seriously mess with its gender identity. 09.11.2007
Rip Van Winkle Disease
Adolescents sleep for weeks solid, sometimes bingeing or becoming hypersexual. 08.15.2007
He Thinks, She Thinks
Gender differences show up in the brain. 07.05.2007
The Real Story on Gay Genes
Homing in on the science of homosexuality—and sexuality itself 06.05.2007
Raw Data: Do Brothers Make You Gay?
Boys with older brothers are more likely to be gay. But is it nurture or nature? 09.01.2006
Men Hear Women's Melodies
Men Hear Women's Melodies 11.22.2005
Mind Over Moods
This is your brain on PMS. 10.28.2005
The Biology Behind Sex in the City
05.25.2004
Girls Are Better at Math, But . . .
Values may steer girls away from math careers. 09.01.2003
Men don't feel Women's Pain
05.01.2003
What's So Great About Older Men?
03.01.2003
The Four-Minute Race Eraser
04.01.2002
More Than a Pretty Face
03.01.2002
Do You Love This Face?
If you think that physical appeal is strictly a matter of personal taste and cultural bias, think again. Who you find attractive, say psychobiologists, is largely dictated by evolutionary needs and hardwired into your brain 02.01.2000
Transsexual Brains
01.01.1996
S/He-Brains
06.01.1995
The Sniff of Legend
Human pheromones? Chemical sex attractants? And a sixth sense organ in the nose? What are we, animals? 04.01.1994
Sex and the Brain
In the summer of 1991, neurobiologist Simon Levay published a small study on a minute part of the human brain. Little did he realize it would catapult him from his scientific ivory tower into the heated fray of homosexual politics. 03.01.1994
Sex, Race, Brains, and Calipers
10.01.1993