One of the most unexpected and valuable benefits of thinking so deeply and meticulously regarding the nature of women's biology, surprisingly, has been a new view of how to investigate the unique biology of men

Personalized Medicine and the Icarus Project: Ethical and Moral Issues in Sending Humans into Space The irresistible urge of humans to expand their current competence in mastering the environment is nowhere more apparent than the attempt to conquer space and colonize other worlds. The promise of an expanded universe for earth’s life forms is irresistible.

we’ve just learned that women hear and process what they hear better than men do. But the ease with which women understand language extends to producing it as well.  Women find verbal communication easier and have richer vocabularies than men. 

We’ve discussed the greater ease with which women interpret non-verbal cues, so it won’t come as a surprise that women use more of them to communicate as well.  Women tend to use facial expressions, verbal rhythm and tone, and physical gestures to convey information and emotion.

One of the most startling and unexpected events in sports is the sudden death during the play of a young athlete.  Herodotus recorded the death of the Athenian’s fleetest runner, Pheidippides, who had been sent to seek help from Sparta during the Persian invasion; he ran 167 miles to reach the Spartans, the raced back