June 21, 2006
Babies for Sale
White babies cost more than black babies. A Columbia student’s eggs are worth less than a Harvard...
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June 21, 2006
On the Shelf
The Knife Man: The Extraordinary Life and Times of John Hunter, Father of Modern Surgery Wendy Moore Broadway ~ 2005 ~...
March 21, 2006
March 21, 2006
Jules Verne: Father of Science Fiction?
John Derbyshire reads Verne’s lesser-known works and reconsiders the basis of the author’s reputation
March 21, 2006
Polio Stories
About ten years ago, a group of us sat around a seminar table to discuss Robert Frost’s poem, “The Oven...
March 21, 2006
The Age of Female Computers
Before there were coders, computers were people — and many were women.
March 21, 2006
A Clone’s Lament
James Bowman on Kazuo Ishiguro's "Never Let Me Go" and life as a useful pre-cadaver