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January 2008
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In the push for achievement, the perfect body is now part of the perfect resume. Deprived of an internal compass, girls compete to be "hottest," turning colleges into incubators of eating disorders.
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"Sexual chemistry" is more than just a way of talking about heated attraction. Subtle chemical keys actually help determine who we fall for. But here comes news that our lifestyles may unwittingly undermine our natural sex appeal.
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Public identity and private belief are never more at odds than when a preacher loses his faith.
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Our brains are terrible at assessing modern risks. Here's how to think straight about dangers in your midst.
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Attraction is a symphony in which many different instruments—wit, voice, charisma, class, and body language—play a part.
More from this issue
Bookshelf: Money, Happiness, and Sex
Darwinism, the modern economy and other book reviews.
by Meredith Knight,Liz Somes,Annie Jia
Field Guide to the Do-Gooder: Earth Angels
Why good Samaritans reap joy from sacrifice.
by Carlin Flora
Keen Cuisine: Nights at the Round Table
Eating together nourishes more than your body.
by Matthew Hutson
Two Minute Memoir: Dude Ranch
How moving to the country brought this couple closer.
by Steven Kotler
Mind Your Body: Doctors' Orders—Without Distress
How to stick to diet, exercise, or worse.
by Jay Dixit
Unconventional Wisdom: A Promise of Babies
Hara Estroff Marano on broken promises, love, and more.
by Hara Estroff Marano
Diagnosis: Pills, With a Side of Therapy
Mixing talk therapy with meds is a good combo.
by Amy Maxmen
Beauty Beat: Long-haired Ladies and Tall Men
Why we are drawn to long-haired women and tall men.
by Liz Somes,Meredith Knight
Egotronic: Training Therapists with Virtual Patients
Virtual teens have problems too.
by Eilene Zimmerman
Scents and Sensibility
The secret ingredient of sexual chemistry may be scent—but are we unwittingly subverting our signals?
by Elizabeth Svoboda
Skinny Sweepstakes
The perfect body is now part of the perfect resume, and colleges have become incubators of eating disorders.
by Hara Estroff Marano
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