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Bering in Mind
A research psychologist's curious look at human behavior
Morality Stinks (Especially If You're Gay)
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"Dear Jesse, I like very young girls."
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Retro Science Jargon: Negroes, Retards, Morons, Feeble-Minded Idiots and Perverts
Back when I was a graduate student in Louisiana studying chimpanzees, I came across a chapter from an old book called The Speech of Monkeys . First released in 1892, it was a pioneering text in animal behavior and the study of nonhuman communication, published by the very respectable Charles L...
An Invitation to Impropriety: How Can I Help You? (Yes, You!)
I ve always wanted to write my very own advice column, a sort of Ask Jesse sort of thing. Unfortunately, not only are advice columns desperately overplayed these days, but I also have absolutely no commonsense...
Puppy Pregnancy Syndrome: Men who are pregnant with dogs
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Half Dead: Men and the "Midlife Crisis"
If you ask a person when “middle age” begins, the answer, not surprisingly, depends on the age of that respondent. American college-aged students are convinced that one fits soundly into the middle-age category at 35...
Listen Carefully: The Evolutionary Secret To Making a Hit Record
Laid bare on a stark piece of paper, removed entirely from their imposing instrumentals, strong emotions, and intimidating vocal talent, most song lyrics have all the literary force of a puff of flatulence...
The End of Gays: Gay Marriage and the Decline of the Homosexual Population
It is admittedly odd to think that a progressive, humanitarian shift in attitudes toward gays and lesbians might lead, ironically, to a noticeable decline in the homosexual population...
18 Attributes of Highly Effective Liars
Niccolò Machiavelli might well have titled his 16 th -century Dell'arte Della Guerra (" The Art of War ") as The Art of Lying , since verbal deception—mainly, how to get away with it—was so central to his political psychology...
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