Features

• Inside the Terrorist Mind

  Scientists are probing the psyches of terrorists to reveal what motivates their monstrous acts. Far from being crazed killers, terrorists are gunning for the greater good—as they see it

  Annette Schaefer   | December 1, 2007  | 4

• Do Animals Feel Empathy?

  We call a callous turncoat a "rat." Rats and mice, however, are giving scientists clues to the evolutionary origins of empathy

  Frans B. M. de Waal   | December 1, 2007  | 2

• Amputee Envy

  People with body integrity identity disorder feel alienated from a part of their body and want to have it amputated. Researchers are unraveling clues to the causes of this bizarre condition

  Sabine Mueller   | December 1, 2007  | 3

• Living with Ghostly Limbs

  Scientists are pinpointing the neurological roots of the vivid and painful illusion of phantom limbs in amputees--and finding ways to curb it

  Miguel Nicolelis   | December 1, 2007  | 1

• Sex, Math and Scientific Achievement

  Why do men dominate the fields of science, engineering and mathematics?

  Diane F. Halpern , Camilla P. Benbow , David C. Geary , Ruben C. Gur , Janet Shibley Hyde and Morton Ann Gernsbacher   | December 1, 2007  | 51

• The Secret to Raising Smart Kids

  Hint: Don't tell your kids that they are. More than three decades of research shows that a focus on effort—not on intelligence or ability—is key to success in school and in life

  Carol S. Dweck   | December 1, 2007  | 132

• Bored?

  Don't blame your job, the traffic or your mindless chores. Battling boredom, researchers say, means finding focus, living in the moment and having something to live for

  Anna Gosline   | December 1, 2007  | 40

• Psychedelic Healing?

  Hallucinogenic drugs, which blew minds in the 1960s, soon may be used to treat mental ailments

  David Jay Brown   | December 1, 2007  | 40