Newsletter 337
[1]The Renaissance Man
Links:
1. http://b.rw/ktYjF6
Ed Yong | Not Exactly Rocket Science | 8 June 2011
Profile of Erez Lieberman Aiden, a most unusual scientist who tackles
problems from molecular biology and applied physics with equal ease. “He’s
truly one of a kind. I just wonder about what discipline he will get a Nobel
prize in" [2]Comments
Links:
2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/renaissance-man
[3]Wrongful Convictions
Links:
3. http://b.rw/jhYTxs
Radley Balko | Reason | 7 June 2011
The more that scientists use DNA tests to overturn life and death sentences
for rape and murder, the clearer it is that prosecutors have commonly
fabricated, manipulated or suppressed evidence to get criminal convictions
in the past [4]Comments
Links:
4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/wrongful-convictions
[5]Why Happiness? Interview With Geoff Mulgan
Links:
5. http://b.rw/mT2vjV
Will Davies | Open Democracy | 7 June 2011
"We want a cultural shift to a society in which it is as natural to discuss
what’s going on with happiness—with who is thriving and who is not—as it is
to discuss what’s going on with the economy—who is prospering and who is
not" [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/why-happiness-interview-geoff-mulgan
[7]AOL After The Honeymoon
Links:
7. http://b.rw/ktq3CN
Jeff Bercovici | Forbes | 7 June 2011
Good report on continuing problems at AOL. Did Tim Armstrong misunderstand
HuffPo's business? Will Arianna's ego prove unmanageable? Can display
advertising replace internet access revenue? Future looks very uncertain
[8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/aol-after-honeymoon
[9]In Praise Of Pragmatism
Links:
9. http://b.rw/jA3bPy
Tim Harford | Independent | 7 June 2011
"Because the pragmatist tries to take each situation on its own merits and
figure out a sensible way forward, pragmatism tends to look hesitant, messy,
and prone to error." But that's no reason to side with ideologues instead
[10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/praise-pragmatism
[11]My Last Royals Game (For A While)
Links:
11. http://b.rw/lEcayx
Joe Posnanski | Joe Blogs | 6 June 2011
Goodbye to Kansas City. Valedictory blogpost by the most engaging baseball
writer working today as he packs up his house after 14 years covering the
Royals. Most of that time they weren't that successful. There was Beltran
though [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/my-last-royals-game-while
FiveBooks Interview
[13]Deborah Blum on Science in Society
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/deborah-blum-on-science-society
The Pulitzer prize-winning writer says science is too important to be left
for the scientists, and recommends books that show how much it matters in
our daily lives
Featured Topic
[14]Terrorism
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/topics/terrorism
Jessica Stern, Simon Conway, Yosri Fouda and others discuss where terrorists
come from, what they believe, and the roads leading to and from 9/11
Reader Recommendations
_@[15]bdrugge_ George Saunders: “Home” : The New Yorker [16]t.co/GOEkmPO via
@[17]NewYorker Short story masterpiece! [18]#browsings
Links:
15. http://twitter.com/bdrugge
16. http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2011/06/13/110613fi_fiction_saunders?mbid=social_retweet
17. http://twitter.com/NewYorker
18. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
Book of the Day
[19]The Century of the Detective by Jürgen Thorwald
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/century-detective-by-jürgen-thorwald
[20]Douglas Starr says: "In this encyclopedic yet highly readable volume,
Thorwald demonstrates that the late 19th century saw the birth of modern
detective work, from toxicology to fingerprinting to crime scene analysis"
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/douglas-starr-on-pioneers-criminology
Video of the Day
[21]Daredevil pilots of Colombia
Links:
21. http://thebrowser.com/videos/daredevil-pilots-colombia
Where the greatest danger is not the weather or mechanical faults...
Quote of the Day
[22]Gene Healey, on Anthony Weiner
Links:
22. http://reason.com/archives/2011/06/07/the-lessons-of-weinergate
"Political sex scandals serve an important social purpose. They remind us
that we should think twice before we cede more power to these clowns"