Robin Marantz Henig

What Is It About 20-Somethings?

They move back in with their parents. They delay beginning careers. Why are so many young people taking so long to grow up?

Understanding the Anxious Mind

Is the economy making you nervous? Or is it terrorism? Or could it be the way you’re hard-wired?

Darwin's God

In the world of evolutionary biology, the question is not whether God exists but why we believe in him. Is belief a helpful adaptation or an evolutionary accident?

Fat Factors

It’s clear that diet and genes contribute to how fat you are. But a new wave of scientific research suggests that, for some people, there might be a third factor — microorganisms.

The Genome in Black and White (and Gray)

Robin Marantz Henig article on research in which some scientists are studying genetic basis of race in order to develop better treatments; emerging field of race-based pharmacogenomics signals shift in perception, new approach that has as its core idea assumption that there are biological differences among races; frustrating gap in health status of different racial groups refuses to close or even to be adequately explained, and scientists remain split on very concept of race; pitfalls of research include possible misinterpretation of data that could lead to sweeping pronouncements and racial disharmony; drawing (L)