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Babbage: August 24th 2011: Brainier chips
Aug 24th 2011, 2:18 from Babbage
A trio of surprising announcements at HP, IBM's new brain-like chip, and Skype gets into group messaging(1)
Psychopathy: Socially challenging
Nov 11th 2010, 11:00 from Print edition
Psychopathy seems to be caused by specific mental deficiencies(41)
Wealth, poverty and compassion: The rich are different from you and me
Jul 29th 2010, 10:55 from Print edition
They are more selfish(139)
Gellner and Goffman: What's in a name?
Jul 25th 2010, 2:01 from Lexington's notebook
One obscure sociologist sounds much like another(12)
The issue of issue
May 14th 2009, 9:47 from Lexington's notebook
Social class and out-of-wedlock births(15)
God is back again
May 2nd 2009, 7:50 from Lexington's notebook (24)
Social networks: Primates on Facebook
Feb 26th 2009, 11:34 from Print edition
Even online, the neocortex is the limit(58)
Philosophy and sociology: Bored by philosophy
Jun 12th 2008, 1:09 from Print edition(5)
Family ties
Apr 10th 2008, 12:27 from Print edition
Kith and kin get closer, with consequences for strangers(4)
Don't fear the sociological zoo
Oct 19th 2007, 11:33 from Free exchange
Economics needs to get its hands dirty(0)
Evangelicals in America: The bond between God and power
Aug 23rd 2007, 12:12 from Print edition
Once looked down upon, American Evangelicals have now risen triumphantly to the heights(0)
Academics ponder celebrity: Deconstructing Mr Beckham
Sep 15th 2005, 12:17 from Print edition
An academic conference answers some pressing questions(0)
Crime prevention: Terrorism cuts crime
Aug 25th 2005, 12:00 from Print edition
At least last month's bombings in London had one good effect(0)
Psychopathy: Original sinners?
May 26th 2005, 12:22 from Print edition
Evidence that psychopaths are born, not made(0)
Science and society: Anatomy of a techno-myth
Mar 23rd 2005, 12:04 from Print edition
The debate over the safety of mobile phones has little to do with science(0)
Public health: For richer, for poorer
Nov 18th 2004, 12:11 from Print edition
The government's public-health strategy is really about economics and class(0)
A long, long life
Mar 25th 2004, 12:00 from Print edition
But longer if you are rich and well educated(0)
Crime: Fear itself
Jul 17th 2003, 12:50 from Print edition
The police are supposed to reduce fear of crime as well as crime. That's hard when there's little relationship between the two(0)
Autism: Out of the deep freeze
Jan 9th 2003, 11:12 from Print edition
New research hints that autism may be several disorders, not one(0)
Evolutionary psychology: Bad behaviour
Jan 25th 2001, 5:52 from Print edition(0)
Liberty.com
Oct 28th 1999, 12:00 from Print edition
The rise of America’s high-tech industry is not just a windfall for presidential hopefuls. It could also be a godsend for the liberal political tradition(0)
Education: The trouble with boys
May 27th 1999, 12:00 from Print edition
The government is worried by the poor performance of boys in school. Is it focusing on the wrong problem?(0)
Sexual mores: Come live with me
Feb 4th 1999, 12:00 from Print edition(0)
Iain Carson
Jan 21st 1999, 12:00 from Print edition(0)
The benevolence of self-interest
Dec 10th 1998, 12:00 from Print edition
Critics of economics often accuse the discipline of viewing people as mere optimising machines, as ethical nonentities. The charge would be serious if it were true—but it is in fact false(0)