March April 2008
Minding the Brain
New discoveries suggest a networked brain that loves to make and break rules, and thrives on mistakes. By Quentin Hardy Read more »
Do You Have Free Will?
An interview with philosopher John Searle. By Marilyn Berlin Snell Read more »
Mind Medicine
Can meditation produce positive molecular changes in the brain? By Katherine Ellison Read more »
Nurture into Nature
Can changes based on nutrition, toxics, or a mother’s touch be biologically inherited? By Sally Lehrman Read more »
Faking It
Second Life offers its “residents” a chance to invent a whole new life for themselves. Can it deliver? By Hubert L. Dreyfus Read more »
Plus Will Second Life survive?
Family Violence
Guatemalan novelist Sylvia Sellers-García explores the un-nameable. By Charles Burress Read more »
PraxisThe Hangover Cure from Mars
Search for alien life is boon to drinkers. By Nathaneal Johnson Read more »
Elephants on the Move
Climate change and elephant hierarchies. By Kiki Namikas Read more »
Fading Away Before our Eyes
Tech-savvy girls with eating disorders are dying to be thin. By Molly Berman Read more »
Measuring Melt
Cal scientists study the Sierra snowpack. By Erik Vance Read more »
Digital Care Package
By Kiki Namikas Read more »
This is your Brain Without Sleep
By Eleanor Black Watkin Read more »
ShowSax Man
Jazz legend Sonny Rollins is still improvising—brilliantly. By Andrew Gilbert Read more »
GoChina’s Alaska
Hundreds of miles west of the Great Wall, amid desert camels and canvas-covered yurts, it’s natural to wonder: “Can I really be in China?” By Mike Zielenziger Read more »
Free SpeechHow to Choose a President
Forty years after the 1968 reforms, the nominating contests in both parties are more exciting and competitive. By David Karol and Jack Citrin Read more »
Sather GateTeen Doc
Dr. Barbara Staggers offers a different kind of medicine to inner-city kids: love. By Constance Matthiessen Read more »