Newsletter 457

11 Oct 2011 • 3 min read

[1]The Browser
Links:
1. http://thebrowser.com

[5]All The Single Ladies
Links:
5. http://b.rw/owGEU7

Kate Bolick | Atlantic | 11 October 2011

Writer (39, unmarried) reflects on how she got to here, and the "post-Boomer
ideology that values emotional fulfillment above all else". Interesting, if
lengthy, investigation of the state of marriage, sex and relationships today
[6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/all-single-ladies

[7]Reviving A Tired Heart
Links:
7. http://b.rw/pWAjVu

Laura Beil | ScienceNews | 8 October 2011

Scientists may finally have found a way to combat heart failure – cardiac
regeneration. Lots of unknowns but promises to transform cardiology forever:
"This is the beginning. It’s like being at the start of antibiotics or
vaccines" [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/reviving-tired-heart

[9]The Woman Who Knew Too Much
Links:
9. http://b.rw/pmJInf

Suzanna Andrews | Vanity Fair | 11 October 2011

On Elizabeth Warren, scourge of the banking elite: “We cannot run our
country without a strong middle class. We cannot run a democracy without a
strong middle class. If we hollow out the middle class, the country we know
is gone" [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/woman-who-knew-too-much

[11]Speech To The Wall Street Protesters
Links:
11. http://b.rw/mRTLQa

Slavoj Zizek | Verso | 10 October 2011

Whatever you might think about Zizek's grandstanding and his apologias for
communism, this really is a most extraordinary piece of rhetoric. "We are
not dreamers. We are the awakening from a dream which is turning into a
nightmare" [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/speech-wall-street-protesters

[13]The Trouble With Retractions
Links:
13. http://b.rw/nSjRcr

Richard Van Noorden | Nature | 5 October 2011

Retraction-rate for scientific papers has increased tenfold over the past
decade. Publishers struggle to cope. Are scientists producing more bogus
papers, or getting better at detecting them, or just treating errors more
harshly? [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/trouble-retractions

[15]An Interview With Sir Terry Pratchett
Links:
15. http://b.rw/nwEMKJ

Neil Gaiman | BoingBoing | 10 October 2011

Combination of interviewer and subject makes the piece self-recommending, as
Tyler Cowen might say. Doubly so if you want to know more about Pratchett's
writing techniques, and about Sam Vimes, the hardboiled policeman of
Discworld [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/interview-sir-terry-pratchett

FiveBooks Interview

[17]Peg Tyre on Educating Your Child
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peg-tyre-on-educating-your-child

The education writer says many parents don’t understand how children learn
and so don’t know what to look for in a school. She recommends five books to
bring parents up to speed [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/peg-tyre-on-educating-your-child

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