Feb

24

How the City Hurts Your Brain

February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment

By Jonah Lehrer / Source: Boston Globe
The city has always been an engine of intellectual life, from the 18th-century coffeehouses of London, where citizens gathered to discuss chemistry and radical politics, to the Left Bank bars of modern Paris, where Pablo Picasso held forth on modern art. Without the metropolis, we might not have [...]

Feb

23

Five Mysteries of the Universe

February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments

By Michael Brooks / Source: The Guardian
Even today, there are scientific phenomena that defy explanation. If history is anything to go by, resolving these anomalies could lead to a great leap forward, so what are the greatest mysteries, and what scientific revolutions might they bring?
1. The Missing Universe
Everything in the universe is either mass [...]

Feb

19

Should Brain-Enhancing Drugs Be Legalized?

February 19, 2009 | 6 Comments

By Brandon Keim/ Source: Wired Blog
If drugs can safely give your brain a boost, why not take them? And if you don’t want to, why stop others?
In an era when attention-disorder drugs are regularly — and illegally — being used for off-label purposes by people seeking a better grade or year-end job review, these [...]

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