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Al Gore Does His Best Ralph Waldo Emerson
The former vice president reads the transcendentalist poet—and reminds us of one.
The Point of Men’s Cults
Does their pervasiveness tell us something important about evolution and human behavior?
The City at the Center of the Cosmos
Robots and lasers are uncovering an ancient, sacred geography.
The Last Love of Jonas Salk
The unusual union of a renowned artist and the discoverer of the Polio vaccine.
Antonio Damasio Tells Us Why Pain Is Necessary
The neuroscientist explains why feelings evolved.
The Stick Is an Unsung Hero of Human Evolution
Stone’s silent sister in the archaeological record.



