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March 30, 2007

Iran and the Risk Premium

Category: Culture

Why the threat of war is profitable for Iran.

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March 29, 2007

Whale Sharks in Captivity

Category: Culture

If you put a whale shark in an aquarium, it's a death sentence.

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Bush is a Hedgehog

Category: Culture

The problem with Bush's thought process.

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March 28, 2007

David Sedaris and Imaginary Memories

Category: Neuroscience

Why we shouldn't trust our memories.

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March 27, 2007

The Surprises of Cardiology

Category: Culture

It was a day of unexpected findings for the field of cardiology. First, there was the news that patients with stents did not have a longer life span or a reduced number of heart attacks compared to patients treated with...

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March 26, 2007

Physical Theories as Women

Category: Culture

This is the funniest thing I've read today. Over at McSweeney's, Simon Dedeo compares our physical theories to types of women: 0. Newtonian gravity is your high-school girlfriend. As your first encounter with physics, she's amazing. You will never forget...

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Medical Salaries

Category: Culture

High salaries come with high expectations.

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March 23, 2007

Attention, Sensation and Mystery

Category: Neuroscience

Do banal terms like "executive control" or "top-down processing" hide a deeper mystery?

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March 22, 2007

Morality, Psychopaths and Emotions

Category: Neuroscience

More evidence on the crucial importance of emotion when making moral decisions.

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March 21, 2007

Don't Waste Good Wine on Food

Category: Culture

I used to work in a restaurant where we served wild salmon with a Barolo sauce. (This was back when drinking red wine with fish was still very au courant.) Needless to say, the chef wasn't wasting real Barolo on...

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