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I called Goldman Sachs spokesman Lucas van Praag to ask whether it’s true that Goldman partners feel they need handguns to protect themselves from the angry proletariat.

The number of U.S. households with cellphones increased to 71% from 36% between 1998 and 2005.

Loneliness is contagious, study suggests. More: When one person in a group begins to feel lonely, the negative emotion can spread to others, increasing everybody’s risk for feelings of loneliness.

Paper-thin batteries made from algae.

The swine flu, as of now.

Scientists have grown meat in the laboratory for the first time. Experts in Holland used cells from a live pig to replicate growth in a petri dish.

Can you be blamed for sleepwalking crimes?

The illusion of time: Perceiving the effect before the cause. A novel temporal illusion, in which the cause of an event is perceived to occur after the event itself, provides some insight into the brain mechanisms underlying conscious perception.

Opposites attract: Monkeys choose mating partners with different genes.

“We started our research seeking men in their twenties who had never consumed pornography. We couldn’t find any.” Are the effects of pornography negligible?

The discovery of the neuron.

Fear of anxiety linked to depression in above-average worriers.

Causes of death.

Forget exoplanets, the first habitable body to be discovered beyond our solar system could turn out to be an exomoon in a habitable zone.

New evidence suggests that fingerprints process vibrations in the skin to make them easier for nerves to pick up.

The study examines shopping through the framework of evolutionary psychology to understand why so many more women enjoy spending a day picking through racks of clothes with friends, while most men can’t get out of the mall fast enough.

More than 20 years after the AIDS virus was identified, researchers have devised the first immunization to protect people against HIV infection. [More: The 50 Best Inventions of 2009 | Time]

Deep below New York City’s bustling streets lies a dangerous world inhabited by sandhogs.

1 in 6 NYPD undercovers mistaken for suspects by fellow officers.

Mayor Bloomberg spent $102M on campaign to win third term - or $175 per vote.

Le Pain Quotidien to operate cafe at Central Park’s Sheep Meadow.

It takes five people and twenty layers of butt makeup to ready each Victoria’s secret model for the show.

Branding used to be for products, then celebrities. Now it is something ordinary people do to themselves.

Is your Facebook personality genuine?