Weekly Newsletter

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Weekly Newsletter

Note: Next week will be the arbitrarily but mostly correctly determined 6th month anniversary of my newsletter. If you have any ideas for …

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Politics #

Clinton Begins the 2016 Campaign, And It’s a Toss-Up
Nate Silver, renowned election results predictor and sports …

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Mystery #

The Mystery of the Millionaire Metaphysician
A republishing of an old story, this piece recounts a writer’s search for the …

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Mind and Brain #

Electrified
Investigates the promises and perils of tDCS, the electrical stimulation of the brain proponents claim will …

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Books #

Rapt
Reviews H is for Hawk, a non-fiction book about grief, hawking, and T.H. White. Discusses grief and the quirkiness of hawks …

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Evolution #

Possible Creatures
A professor of Evolutionary Biology discusses his work mapping “nature’s library” of …

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Genocide #

Interview with a Torturer
An author and survivor of the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia attempts to come to terms with his …

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Mental Health #

The voices in my head: Eleanor Longden’s ‘psychic civil war’
The Guardian interviews Elanor Longden, a …

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Science and Technology #

Futures of Text
A survey of all the current innovation in text as a medium. Argues for the superiority of …