Why Did the “Female Viagra” Fail?
Marketers pitched "female viagra" as a win for gender equality. Why is the drug now called a "colossal failure?"
Putting a Price on a Life
If you have a life insurance policy, that means your insurance company pays your beneficiaries when you die, ...
O.J. Simpson: Media Spectacle Then and Now
O.J. Simpson is back in the news, and a whole new journalistic frenzy has begun.
Dr. Nose: Disease-Detecting Animals
Belgian scientists are training rats to detect diseases. Other animals, including dogs, have a history of disease-detection.
Man, Interrupting
Do men interrupt more than women? Why? A look at the research on gender and interrupting.
A Conversation with Alexander Chee
While fact-checking his critically acclaimed novel about an enigmatic soprano of the Paris Opera , Chee happened upon a piece of information on JSTOR he could not ignore.
Who was Max Planck?
Max Planck was a German physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.
Happy Birthday, Hubble Telescope!
This year, the Hubble Telescope celebrates its 26th year in space.
Shakespeare: Dead or Alive?
Shakespeare's authorship has been questioned by many, including Mark Twain.
We Didn’t Start the Fire (Neanderthals Did)
Fire was once thought to be a strictly human technology, but new discoveries show that Neanderthals could wield it.