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Mar-Apr 2008: The Future of Sex

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Cover Story:

The Future of Sex

In the near future, noses may be able to sniff out the healthiest mates, and wombs may come equipped with nanotechnology that makes pregnancies run like clockwork. But in the distant future, men may not exist at all. From the scary and ominous to the hopeful and ingenious, find all the most cutting-edge predictions here:

> Sniffing Your Way to Healthier Kids
> Pregnancy 2.0: The Womb-on-a-Chip
> Why Cloning Will Never Replace Sex
> The Death of the Y Chromosome

Features:

No Politics Allowed: Understanding the Looming Social Security Crisis

By Anya Kamenetz
If you plan on growing old, pay attention. The government's retirement program has been saving Americans' lives for decades. But will there be anything left to save you?

Coney Island: America's Greatest Playground

By Linda Rodriguez
Step right up, ladies and gentlemen! Join us as we reveal the fantastical, the perverse, and the unbelievable history of the one, the only ... Coney Island!

America, Meet Your Puppet Master: The Genius of Eddie Bernays

By Fabian Marquez
Edward Bernays could get Americans to do (or buy) anything he told them to. Find out how the father of public relations manipulated a nation into wearing hairnets, buying books, and eating bacon for breakfast.

scatter_brained:

Aesop's Fables

This edition of Scatterbrained takes a lesson or two from Aesop, the master moralizer himself. Discover what modern wolves are using for sheep's clothing (scientific advances that backfired) and how one new goose laid a golden egg (with a little help from a 1980s game show).

Ben Stein's Two Cents: America the Rich

By Ben Stein
Ben Stein doesn't believe the hype about America's collapsing economy. To hear him share a bit of unexpected optimism, turn to page 19.

right_brain:

Masterpiece #96: Voltaire's candide

By Elizabeth Lunday

left_brain:

3 Extreme Ways to go Green

By Maggie Koerth-Baker You can't fight the green fight just by heading to the recycling bin anymore. Discover how today's eco-warriors save the planet by living inside old tires, planting mushrooms, and eating garbage.