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LOVE Some species of rodents, such as the prairie vole, form long pair bonds with their mates, as human beings do. Others, such as the montane vole, have only transitory liaisons, as do chimpanzees. The difference, according to Tom Insel and Larry Young at Emory University in Atlanta, lies in...
Americans are taking the notion of dogs' being man's best friend quite literally. In Jon Katz's fine book The New Work of Dogs (Villard), the author explores how in our increasingly fragmented and disconnected society, dogs are often treated as family members and human surrogates. A growing number...
Women drivers - you know, those annoying motorists who actually stop at stop signs and indicate when they're turning - may be the scourge of petrolheads everywhere, but they have one group of fans: insurance companies, which charge women lower premiums based on the safer driving record of their gender. But...
Cold-eyed investors have made good money betting against the U.S. economy over the past year. Amid persistent weakness, bonds have soared while the dollar and stocks have plunged. But nothing lasts forever. Bullish investors learned that lesson three years ago when, with both eyes on the rearview mirror, they...
If you must look behind, look at corporate profits, which were better than expected last quarter, and at consumer confidence, which roared back in April. Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan told Congress that with the war won, "the economy is positioned to expand at a noticeably better pace." How to take...