Newsletter 346

[1]The Match That Would Never End
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1. http://b.rw/moC7Ii

Ed Caesar | GQ | 17 June 2011

Wimbledon throws up surprise in first-round draw, pitting John Isner against
Nicolas Mahut again. Last year it took no less than three days and 183 games
to separate them. Lovely article revisits the longest tennis match of all
[2]Comments
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2. http://thebrowser.com/articles/match-would-never-end

[3]The Big Business Of Synthetic Highs
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3. http://b.rw/k8y8rQ

Ben Paynter | Businessweek | 16 June 2011

Fine report on world of synthetic drug producers who tap estimated $121bn
demand for recreational drugs in US. "This is a marketer's dream. I
underpromise and it overdelivers." There are tragedies along the way, of
course [4]Comments
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4. http://thebrowser.com/articles/big-business-synthetic-highs

[5]The Secret Lives Of The Brain
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5. http://b.rw/jpkIJa

Betsy Mason | Wired | 14 June 2011

Neuroscientist David Eagleman discusses consciousness, decision-making,
responsibility. And his controversial view on how our justice system should
be reformed in light of scientific discoveries [6]Comments
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6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/secret-lives-brain

[7]When Family Is Virtually A State Secret
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7. http://b.rw/lXUGg5

Simon Shuster | Time | 16 June 2011

In the West, politicians' private lives are often quite public. Not in
Russia. Vladimir Putin has two adult daughters yet there are no confirmed
photos and no one knows where they live. And he may be divorced. Or not
[8]Comments
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8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/when-family-virtually-state-secret

[9]What Bats, Bombs, And Sharks Taught Us About Hearing
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9. http://b.rw/lJKxf0

Bradley Voytek | Scientific American | 14 June 2011

Profile of extraordinary figure in neuroscience, Dr Robert Galambos. His
particular expertise was physiology of hearing. And he was "remarkably
comfortable with self-experimentation". Often severely damaged himself
[10]Comments
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10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/what-bats-bombs-and-sharks-taught-us-about-hearing

[11]A Victory
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11. http://b.rw/mcmKGy

KC | A Girl And Her Bike | 11 June 2011

Chary as we must now be of anonymous blogs, and assuming that the writer is
not a male fantasist in Istanbul, here's a nice tale of how a bicycling
off-duty police officer in DC hunted down some car-driving hooligans who
bumped her [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/victory

FiveBooks Interview

[13]Giles Coren on Food Writing
Links:
13. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/giles-coren-on-food-writing

_The London Times_ award-winning food columnist takes an irreverent look at
the world of food writing, from restaurant critics to celebrity chefs