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That hypothesis certainly supports the human tendency toward reflexive imitation, a term coined in the 18th century by Adam Smith to describe the psychological act of putting yourself in someone else's shoes and experiencing their feelings - you wouldn't do that unless you were after some sort of social...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monkey See, Monkey Do: Why We Flatter Via Imitation | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

I was taken aback by Jack Swigert's opinion: "The very things that qualified the men to go to the moon ... disqualified them to describe their journey with any lyricism." Perhaps Swigert has never heard of Antoine de St. Exupéry, the French aviator, explorer and writer, whose internationally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Over the Moon | 8/17/2009 | See Source »

China's response is three-pronged. First, the case against Hu and his Rio colleagues, which Vice Commerce Minister Fu Ziying earlier this week insisted will show foreign investors that China is "ruled by law now," will proceed. And while the industry insiders interviewed by TIME do not have detailed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: China vs. Rio Tinto: The Confrontation Isn't Over | 8/14/2009 | See Source »

In your book, you describe the Big Bang theory as having "the feeling of something held together with a Band-Aid."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Came Before the Big Bang? | 8/13/2009 | See Source »

The show recounts the art form's inexorable spread, from the New York City tenements of the 1970s to the streets of São Paolo in 2009. Pioneers like PHASE 2 and Seen, who by the 1980s were transforming New York subway cars into traveling canvases, here reproduce their...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Born in the Streets — Grafitti | 8/12/2009 | See Source »

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