Newsletter 610
[1]All of our Best of the Moment article recommendations, plus
FiveBooks interviews and other selected content from thebrower.com
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[5]The Split Brain: A Tale Of Two Halves
Links:
5. http://b.rw/za2aDW
David Wolman | Nature | 14 March 2012
"When you get your brain split, it doesn't grow back together."
Nonetheless, about a dozen individuals from 1960 on chose to undergo
this radical surgery. And became legends of neuroscience. This is what
they taught us [6]Comments
Links:
6. http://thebrowser.com/articles/split-brain-tale-two-halves
[7]Women And Children First
Links:
7. http://b.rw/xrnpyY
Eric Michael Johnson | Times Higher Education | 15 March 2012
"Never hug and kiss them, never let them sit on your lap. If you must,
kiss them once on the forehead when they say good night. Shake hands
with them in the morning." Only now do we realise the full impact of
1920s parenting advice [8]Comments
Links:
8. http://thebrowser.com/articles/women-and-children-first
[9]The Man Who Broke Atlantic City
Links:
9. http://b.rw/wYSBN8
Mark Bowden | Atlantic | 14 March 2012
Last year, an ex-jockey with superior negotiating skills and a mind for
maths took three casinos in Atlantic City for $15m. And it wasn't by
cheating, any other dubious activity or merely by striking it lucky.
Here's how he did it [10]Comments
Links:
10. http://thebrowser.com/articles/man-who-broke-atlantic-city
[11]The Giant, Underestimated Earthquake Threat To North America
Links:
11. http://b.rw/zlafFA
Jerry Thompson | Discover | 13 March 2012
Ask most Americans about possible earthquake disasters, and they'll
likely focus on the San Andreas fault. But real potential for a "Big
One" – an earthquake that could cause truly widespread damage – comes
from Cascadia’s fault [12]Comments
Links:
12. http://thebrowser.com/articles/giant-underestimated-earthquake-threat-north-america
[13]Unmasking Hong Kong
Links:
13. http://b.rw/yoQ3CB
Robert Keatley | National Interest | 14 March 2012
Hong Kong is about to elect a new head of government. "And most
citizens want that vote to reject the man Beijing favours as the next
in line. Thanks to a sometimes farcical electoral season, they may get
their wish" [14]Comments
Links:
14. http://thebrowser.com/articles/unmasking-hong-kong
[15]Guarding The Fox House
Links:
15. http://b.rw/AwW4Ma
Ceiridwen Terrill | Slate | 13 March 2012
Dmitry Belyaev believed he could domesticate foxes in the course of a
human lifetime. He began a remarkable project to prove his theory in
1957. Now lack of funds means it faces closure. Will 54 years of
research be wasted? [16]Comments
Links:
16. http://thebrowser.com/articles/guarding-fox-house
FiveBooks Interview
[17]Tim Lott on Brothers
Links:
17. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-lott-on-brothers
The novelist, whose forthcoming book lays bare a dysfunctional
relationship with his brother, tells us about love and rivalry among
siblings – and the dark, even murderous, impulses that can be
engendered [18]Read on
Links:
18. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/tim-lott-on-brothers
Featured Special Report
[19]Syria Revolts
Links:
19. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Months of anti-government protests; a brutal response by the
authorities. But what's really going on in Syria? It's all here
[20]Read on
Links:
20. http://thebrowser.com/reports/syria-revolts
Reader Recommendations
[21]tornmap Powerful essay on love and the U.S. Mexico Border "In
Migration" by Dana Salvador [22]t.co/cO3PngsW #[23]browsings
#[24]longreads #[25]goodreads
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21. http://twitter.com/tornmap
22. http://t.co/cO3PngsW
23. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#browsings
24. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#longreads
25. http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#goodreads
[26]More like this
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26. http://thebrowser.com/browsings
Book of the Day
[27]Book of the Day
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27. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/sad-heart-supermarket-by-randall-jarrell
[28]A Sad Heart At The Supermarket by Randall Jarrell
Links:
28. http://thebrowser.com/recommended/sad-heart-supermarket-by-randall-jarrell
[29]Adam Gopnik says: “Jarrell, for me, is the absolute master of what
I like to think of as “cabaret criticism”. The man has endless wit”
[30]FiveBooks Archive
Links:
29. http://thebrowser.com/interviews/adam-gopnik-on-favourite-essay-collections
30. http://thebrowser.com/fivebooks/archive
Video of the Day
[31]Mini-Look Kiev
Links:
31. http://thebrowser.com/videos/mini-look-kiev
A day in the life of the city [32]More videos
Links:
32. http://thebrowser.com/videos
Quote of the Day
[33]Frank Kermode, on critics “It is not expected of critics, as it is
of poets, that they should help us make sense of our lives. They are
bound only to attempt the lesser feat of making sense of the ways we
try to make sense of our lives”
[34]More quotes
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33. http://www.openlettersmonthly.com/seer-blest
34. http://thebrowser.com/quotations
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