In 2003, psychology professor and sex researcher J. Michael Bailey published a book entitled The Man Who Would Be Queen: The Science of Gender-Bending and Transsexualism. The book's portrayal of male-to-female (MTF) transsexualism, based on a theory developed by sexologist Ray Blanchard, outraged some transgender activists. They believed the book to be typical of much of the biomedical literatu...

Why would the scientific community be interested in a theory of story? If stories are merely works of some chaotic creative muse, then there would be little to gain by a scientific examination of their workings. But as unpredictable as stories seem to be, there is some underlying meaning that seems to transcend culture, time and even language itself. That such a universal form of communication ...

Dark portents of civil war were looming at the very time Walt Whitman celebrated the transformative song of empathy. “I do not ask the wounded person how he feels,” he wrote in his 1855 book Leaves of Grass, “I myself become the wounded person.” The ensuing battle over slavery, an institution that Charles Darwin called “the greatest curse on Earth,” would seem an unlikely place to find hope in ...

the holy prophets have used different styles and methods so as to invite their peoples toward the straight path. the major trends of this holy invitation are the sacred wisdom, the nicest way of preaching, and good conflicts. sometimes a little bit force may be used in specific cases as well. on the other hand, the principal figures of the unbelievers and the ignorant folk were always against t...

As we walk through the complex maze of biology, we often take unexpected turns, which reveal new regions full of previously unknown mechanisms and stratagems, often surprising us with their beauty and blindly evolved cleverness. While a lot of the beauty of biology lies in the stunning miniature details, a different kind of beauty that is sometimes less treasured may be found in overall pattern...

Internet Piracy and Book Sales: A Field Experiment Michal Krawczyk Widespread Internet piracy continues to fuel the debate about the appropriate level of copyright enforcement. In this project we used experimental methods to study the effect which underlies calls for stringent anti-piracy measures, namely that infringement has detrimental impact on legal sales. Focusing on the book industry, we...