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Science & Health (page 488)

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Mother love in Africa: Is it worth saving a baby's life if everything else changes?

Turning xenophobic about the Japanese Plus: Stephen Prothero's article is a simple case of Skull and Bones envy; So what if

Letters to the Editor

Ex-friend tells of Gore's pot-smoking past

Washington, 90210: Defenders of the White House-network drug-ad deal lost the battle of spin

Alt: When good governments go bad. PLUS: Sisterhood pyramid schemes and supermarket warfare

Health log: The fictional couple that helped scuttle Clinton's health plan are now in ads promoting coverage for uninsured.

White House and anti-drug TV -- Big Brother manipulation or good use of government? Plus: Who's afraid of mutated foods?; C

Letters to the Editor

White House defends TV drug-ad deal: Clinton and allies promote its benefits, while the drug czar gives it partial credit for re

Hormonal rage: Study links cortisol and violence in boys

Prime-time propaganda, part II: Did the government engage in payola?

Exclusive: Fonda's religious conversion part of Turner/government anti-drug deal

Plus: Washington script doctors: How the government rewrote an episode of the WB's "Smart Guy"

U.S. White House antidrugs director Barry McMaffrey gestures during a news conference given in Defense Minister, February 23. McCaffrey, who is starting a three-day visit to Colombia, will spell out Washigton's proposed package of $1.6 billion in mostly military aid to fight narco-trafficking and the guerrillas.

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Addiction: A new book says what you're hooked on is up to you

My Mom caught me reading Playboy -- and thought I was gay! Plus: Did Hildegard of Bingen really commune with God -- or just need

Letters to the Editor

She's cold and metallic: A doctor's codependent relationship with his pager

Regulating drugs online: Clinton's losing battle?

Ivory Tower: The Templeton Foundation pays scientists to find God

Lawrence Osborne

The Fat Guy's holiday message: Just shut up and enjoy your food

Bad faith: What scientists don't understand about religion

Margaret Wertheim

A Christmas ode to Jane Russell: The terrier, not the movie star

Sickle cell dilemma: The drugs are there, the money isn't

My brother took LSD and saw God: Excerpt from "Creative Nonfiction: The Brain"

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