Day: July 25, 2007

Nature plumbs the depths of one of the most mysterious processes in medicine.

Researchers have found that the placebo effect – when “fake” medicine creates real results… Read the rest “Pleasure and placebo”

The New Yorker, of all publications, has a fascinating Ian Parker article on the natural history of the bonobo – the sexy primate that’s supposed to choose orgies over fighting… Read the rest “The Noble Bonobo”