Newsletter 351
[5]Time For Plan B
Links:
5. http://b.rw/mKINs6
Anonymous | Spiegel | 20 June 2011
More excellent reporting on euro woes. Includes explanation of why "if the
current situation continues, the monetary union will invariably turn into a
transfer union, a path the inventors of the euro were determined to prevent"
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/time-plan-b
[7]The Liberty Scam
Links:
7. http://b.rw/lXaeMN
Stephen Metcalfe | Slate | 20 June 2011
Robert Nozick, philosophical father of libertarianism, attacked theories of
social justice. He paved the way for Ronald Reagan's political revolution,
for rising inequality, and for market fundamentalism. Then he changed his
mind [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/liberty-scam
[9]Anwar al-Awlaki: The Next Bin Laden
Links:
9. http://b.rw/kTJv0K
Patrick Symmes | GQ | 21 June 2011
Al-Qaeda's voice to Muslims in the West. Yemen-based preacher. Born in New
Mexico, grew up in Yemen, studied in Colorado, lived in England. Linked to
eight terrorist attacks in past two years. Has stature to take Bin Laden's
place [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/anwar-al-awlaki-next-bin-laden
[11]All Work And No Pay
Links:
11. http://b.rw/l5UaRu
Monika Bauerlein and Clara Jeffery | Mother Jones | 21 June 2011
Economists talk about gains in productivity as though they were an
unmitigatedly good thing. But often what's meant is making people work
longer and faster for no extra pay. That's great for business, but it's
tough on workers [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/all-work-and-no-pay
[13]A Tiny Key To A Terrible Lock
Links:
13. http://b.rw/mdI1M9
Carl Zimmer | Discover | 16 June 2011
Chronic pain causes the brain to shrink. A terrible affliction. Now that a
specific enzyme defect has been shown to be the probable root cause, will we
find a way to treat it? Ultimate painkiller may just be on the way
[14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/tiny-key-terrible-lock
[15]The Last Indian Vultures
Links:
15. http://b.rw/kWA4Wl
Meera Subramaniam | Open | 11 June 2011
Almost extinct. Culprit: Diclofenac, painkiller that Indians began using on
livestock a decade ago. Induced sudden kidney failure in vultures. Birds
literally fell from the sky. Feral dogs are taking their place as scavengers
[16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/last-indian-vultures
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Jerry Coyne on Evolution
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jerry-coyne-on-evolution
The evolutionary biologist tells us why Darwin is still essential reading
and sifts the vast amount of more recent writing on evolution for books that
are both inspiring to scientists and accessible to general readers [18]Read
on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/jerry-coyne-on-evolution
Featured Topic
[19]Natural History
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/topics/natural-history
Everything you need to know about natural history. Experts from London's
Natural History Museum discuss their top five books on everything - from
bats to plants, dinosaurs to meteorites and more [20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/topics/natural-history
Reader Recommendations
@[21]sophiemaynard RT @[22]pkedrosky How Farming Made Us Shorter[23]
t.co/2W39Knd [24]#browsings [25]More like this
Links:
21. http://twitter.com/sophiemaynard
22. http://twitter.com/pkedrosky
23. http://inkfishblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-farming-made-us-shorter.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+ResearchBloggingAllEnglish+(Research+Blogging+-+English+-+All+Topics)
24. https://twitter.com/search?q=#browsings
25. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[26]Book of the Day
Links:
26. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/defense-food-eater’s-manifesto-by-michael-pollan
[27]In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
Links:
27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/defense-food-eater’s-manifesto-by-michael-pollan
[28]Henry Dimbleby says: "Pollan takes a very pragmatic view, which he sums
up in one sentence: ‘Eat food, not too much, mostly plants’"[29]FiveBooks
Archive
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/henry-dimbleby-on-his-fast-food-philosophy
29. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[30]Inbox Influence
Links:
30. http://thebrowser.com/videos/inbox-influence
New Gmail plugin from Sunlight Foundation. Check the political donations of
anyone who emails you [31]More videos
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[32]Robin Fox, on incest
Links:
32. http://www.the-american-interest.com/article-bd.cfm?piece=990
"Familiarity did not only breed contempt, it did not breed at all"
[33]More quotes
Links:
33. http://thebrowser.com/quotations