The Death of Kings

Annals of Finance

The Death of Kings (Abstract)

Nick Paumgarten

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/18/090518fa_fact_paumgarten

Brain Games (Abstract)

Profiles
Brain Games
By John Colapinto
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/11/090511fa_fact_colapinto

Profile of Vilayanur Ramachandran; , Marko Polo of neuro science.

Brain Gain

A Reporter at Large
Brain Gain
The underground world of “neuroenhancing” drugs.
by Margaret Talbot

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/04/27/090427fa_fact_talbot

A Life of Its Own

Annals of Science
A Life of Its Own
Where will synthetic biology lead us?
by Michael Specter

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/28/090928fa_fact_specter?yrail

A measure of future success.

Dept. of Science
Don’t!
The secret of self-control.
by Jonah Lehrer
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/05/18/090518fa_fact_lehrer

On delayed gratification.

The Last Deal

http://www.jeromegroopman.com/articles/last-deal.html

By Jerome Groopman

A moving case history of a rich business man's desperation to live. And his realization of the empty, wasted life he lived as a successful businessman - investing, making deals & trading commodities.

Suffering Souls

A Reporter at Large
Suffering Souls
The search for the roots of psychopathy.
by John Seabrook

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/11/10/081110fa_fact_seabrook

Dr. Kent Kiehl uses MRI technology to scan prison inmates for signs of pyschopathy in the hope of discovering a treatment.

The General’s Report

Annals of National Security
The General’s Report
How Antonio Taguba, who investigated the Abu Ghraib scandal, became one of its casualties.
by Seymour M. Hersh

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/06/25/070625fa_fact_hersh

Taguba knew his report would make him unpopular: “If I lie, I lose. And, if I tell the truth, I lose.”

Duped

A Reporter at Large
Duped
Can brain scans uncover lies?
by Margaret Talbot

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/07/02/070702fa_fact_talbot

The Pediatric Gap

Annals of Medicine
The Pediatric Gap
Why have most medications never been properly tested on kids?
by Jerome Groopman

http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/01/10/050110fa_fact

That Buzzing Sound

Medical Dispatch
That Buzzing Sound
The mystery of tinnitus.
by Jerome Groopman

http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/02/09/090209fa_fact_groopman

Who ?

May be they are piles of live coins
Of various currencies
Are they not
Into the heads & tails of which
Are nuzzled governing signatures of DNAs
Of needs, greed and risk.

Their nature is nurtured
To walk the street
Climb the wall & levels
The skills of innovation
With which they could mess around
An unnatural desire overpitching
a la an overvalued idea
Into networks of transactions
To search, reclaim, recreate
Monetize the 'string' dimentions
Of life

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Ravi
29 Dec, 2008.

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An imitation. Inspired & based on form, style & ideas of a work of Dr. Gurudutt.

Numbers

They are complex
Consist of things real
And imaginary
Like i and 2
Adding them is complex
Not just for dyscalculic

Primes are plenty
So are sub-primes
Some are small and
Some big
But none the less
All are unique
No two are equal

There are dynamic groups
And sub-groups of them
That play zero-sum and
Non-zero-sum games
In their fields

The world of numbers
Feels very familiar
As if it is our own.

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Ravi
16th Dec, 2008

SELF AWARENESS: THE LAST FRONTIER

SELF AWARENESS: THE LAST FRONTIER
By V.S. Ramachandran

http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/rama08/rama08_index.html

Describes interesting disorders, syndromes, delutions.