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Mind & Human Nature

What we know of ourselves in a scientific age — and what we don’t

Read the Editors’ Introduction
Embodiment •
Consciousness •
Artificial Intelligence •
Neuroscience •
Psychology •
Materialism •
Human Sexuality •
All

Essay | Summer 2025

Summer 2025

  • David Polansky

What’s the Difference Between Hearing Aids and Puberty Blockers?

“We aren’t defective, just different” was the 1990s rallying cry of deaf activists who rejected medical fixes. Why have transgender activists argued that only medical tech can make them who they really are?

David Polansky

Essay | Summer 2025

Summer 2025

  • Debora L. Spar
  • Aryanna Garber

Does Marriage Have a Future?

From the Industrial Revolution to the pill to AI girlfriends, technology is unbundling what used to be marriage’s package deal.

Debora L. Spar and Aryanna Garber

Review | Fall 2020

Fall 2020

  • Tara Isabella Burton

Saving Ourselves

Real love as rebellion in TV’s Brave New World

Tara Isabella Burton

Symposium | Summer 2004

Summer 2004

Internet Pornography: An Exchange

The End of Obscenity
The Pornography Culture

Online Exclusive | June 20, 2017

June 20, 2017

  • The Editors of The New Atlantis

Frequently Asked Questions

On “Growing Pains: Problems with Puberty Suppression in Treating Gender Dysphoria”

The Editors of The New Atlantis

Report | Spring 2017

Spring 2017

  • Paul W. Hruz
  • Lawrence S. Mayer
  • Paul R. McHugh

Growing Pains

Problems with puberty suppression in treating gender dysphoria

Paul W. Hruz, Lawrence S. Mayer, Paul R. McHugh

Report | Fall 2016

Fall 2016

  • Lawrence S. Mayer
  • Paul R. McHugh

Conclusion

From: Sexuality and Gender

Lawrence S. Mayer and Paul R. McHugh

Report | Fall 2016

Fall 2016

  • Lawrence S. Mayer
  • Paul R. McHugh

Introduction

From: Sexuality and Gender

Lawrence S. Mayer and Paul R. McHugh

Report | Fall 2016

Fall 2016

  • Lawrence S. Mayer
  • Paul R. McHugh

Part Three: Gender Identity

From: Sexuality and Gender

Lawrence S. Mayer and Paul R. McHugh

Report | Fall 2016

Fall 2016

  • Lawrence S. Mayer
  • Paul R. McHugh

Part Two: Sexuality, Mental Health Outcomes, and Social Stress

From: Sexuality and Gender

Lawrence S. Mayer and Paul R. McHugh

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