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Can You Make Yourself Smarter?

A new memory game has revived the tantalizing notion that people can work their way to a higher I.Q.

How Exercise Could Lead to a Better Brain

A mouse that runs all the time is smarter than one that doesn’t. Probably true for people, too.

The Maniac in Me

If I couldn’t conquer my anxiety, the least I could do was understand it.

Post-Prozac Nation

Just because the wonder drugs of the ’90s have disappointed doesn’t mean the science should be completely discarded. But it does mean we need a more sophisticated theory of depression.

How Psychedelic Drugs Can Help Patients Face Death

For a small group of researchers and their patients facing death, psychedelic drugs aren’t a hippie palliative. They’re a new way to approach the most dire time of life.
IT’S THE ECONOMY
Inventions featured at a recent Inventors Association of Manhattan meeting included Stickpods, left, an apparatus for holding lollipops, and TrakPak360, right, a utility belt with a plastic track for moving pouches around.

Searching for the Next Snuggie

Is this really the golden age for inventors?
MAKERS
In addition to being prevalent in business presentations and the like, the pie chart is so popular that a number of products either adopt it as part of their design or actually assume its shape. Above, a few examples.

Who Made That Pie Chart?

The origin (and enemies) of the ubiquitous graph.
Sunday Puzzles

You can now download and print the popular variety puzzles from the Sunday magazine free online. Look below for links to this week’s puzzle as well as answers to last week’s.

Put Your Ethics Where Your Mouth Is

Which reader-submitted argument for eating meat is the most convincing? Vote now.
ABSTRACT SUNDAY
First Aid
Six maneuvers for strangers in distress.
WELL

Are Most People in Denial About Their Weight?

Our brains’ problem with obesity.
DOMAINS

Jeffrey Deitch’s Party House

The museum director on chats with Andy Warhol and the worst art to live with.
THE ETHICIST

My Sister’s Last Pleasure

Imagining another’s wishes.
THE ONE-PAGE MAGAZINE

Romney’s Choice

The Lions Club will come to order in Beijing; bobbleheads at Gettysburg.
LIVES

The Ripped, Bikini-Clad Reverend

A female priest redefines “Sunday best.”
RIFF

How the Comedy Nerds Took Over

“Nerd comics” drive traditional stand-ups insane. Which is a shame, because they’re leading a renaissance in comedy.

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From the Archive

Do Cellphones Cause Brain Cancer?

Yes, no, maybe — the answer seems to change with every new study. Finding the definitive solution turns out to be a science in itself.

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