Thursday, April 17, 2008

Some good writings in new yorker

The Way We Age Now
Annals of Medicine
Medicine has increased the ranks of the elderly. Can it make old age any easier?
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/30/070430fa_fact_gawande


The Deepest Cut
Annals of Medicine
How can someone live with only half a brain?
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/07/03/060703fa_fact


Two Heads
On 2 philosophers of mind - husband and wife.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/02/12/070212fa_fact_macfarquhar


Mind Games
Annals of Economics
What neuroeconomics tells us about money and the brain
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/09/18/060918fa_fact


The Interpreter
Has a remote Amazonian tribe upended our understanding of language?
On linguistics. A counter example to the universal theory of Chomsky.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/16/070416fa_fact_colapinto


Enemy of the State
Letter from Beijing
The complicated life of an idealist.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/04/23/070423fa_fact_zha


Kremlin, Inc
Letter From Moscow
Why are Vladimir Putin's opponents dying?
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/01/29/070129fa_fact_specter

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