Who Am I?

Scientists studying the difference between human and chimpanzee DNA have found one stretch of human DNA that can make the brains of mice grow significantly bigger.

The classic novel got its long-awaited film adaptation this month, drawing new attention to its classic theme of internal struggle writ large in human conflict, not to mention science fiction's excellent ability to take that abstraction one step further.

Unemployed Girl by Kazimir Severinovich Malevich

Who am I? – It's only the biggest theme in all of Western literature.  -Matthew Wiener, creator and Executive Producer of Mad Men.

Who better to kick off this blog than the character that has become a modern-day archetype of identity crisis: Don Draper.

When we left him at the end of Season 5, he was weighing his answer to the question "Are you alone?"  Sitting in a bar solo, just as he started the series, the answer seems up to him, and what will come of his struggle to reconcile his past identity and the new life he's created for himself. The lyrics of You Only Live Twice play clearly in the background: "One life for yourself, and one for your dreams."  It's the American identity crisis of the 1960's writ small, and it resonates strongly with a modern audience.