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Over the past 137 years, scientists have learned again and again the value of Darwin's perspective. One of the best ways to appreciate what it means to be human is to learn about how human abilities came to be. No other species uses full-blown language, for example. But...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Romance Is An Illusion | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

Possibly, but for Obama, the point of the story is also to signal to black South Carolinians that he has learned to be one of them, not only a black man in appearance but also one comfortable with the call-and-response folkways of African-American Southern life.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Breaking Down the Black Vote | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

Has being neurotic in life done more good or more harm? -Yanni Kehagiaras, San FranciscoI'm actually very normal. I have a wife now of 10 years. I have two kids who I'm very devoted to. I've portrayed a neurotic personality with such effectiveness that people think that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Woody Allen | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

RE JOE KLEIN'S "A TALE OF TWO ROMNEYS": It sounds like Mitt Romney has us all confused as to who the real Mitt is [Jan. 14]. As a Democrat-leaning independent, I was willing to overlook Romney's Republican ways because of what he accomplished in private business, with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inbox | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

Once we've learned the game of maybe, it becomes second nature to us. Long after we need to play it, we're still in there swinging (so to speak) because we're better at it than at other games. Flirting sometimes becomes a social fallback position. "We all learn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Science of Romance: Why We Flirt | 1/17/2008 | See Source »

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