Explaining the Inexplicable
Readers of science reporting often find their heads spinning. Some of the science reporters do, too. A look at how the best of them make inexpertise an asset.
Archive
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August 21, 2013: Morning
* Study finds intelligence officers more prone to irrationality than students when choosing between risky options. * In the back of an Egyptian police van, 36 protesters suffocated; elsewhere, 25 police officers executed. * The war between state power and those holding it to account needs constant refreshment. * British government, not quite understanding
August 20, 2013: Afternoon
* The National Review scolds anti-Common Core conservatives. * Elmore Leonard dies at 87—the author was at work on his 46th novel. * The result is something that one would not think possible: a nearly perfect book. * A UK tabloid art form, noun piling is rare in the U.S.—Sunday&
August 20, 2013: Morning
* With Lyme Disease diagnoses long underreported, the CDC's 10-fold estimated increase could return us to reality. * Black prosecutors: "What do we tell our sons about Trayvon Martin?" * Economics reporter/theater reviewer maps the gap between audiences' and critics' movie opinions. * How a 6.
Natural Born Tourists
When a vacation rental doesn’t live up to expectations, when that “charming Montauk cabin” turns out to be a shed, one family’s solution is passive-aggressive guestbook commentary.
August 19, 2013: Afternoon
* The NSA has violated privacy rules or overstepped its authority thousands of times every year since 2008, when its powers were broadened. * A report from the National Hobo Convention. * Next weekend in Asbury Park, a movie theater will screen classic noir and discuss its influence on Springsteen. * White Americans believe
August 19, 2013: Morning
* [PTSD] is not a barrier to being redeployed. Not when the Army needs its most experienced soldiers to wrap up the war. * The FCC's Mignon Clyburn on how cheaper prison phone calls will strengthen families and help legal representation. * From 1975, Warren Buffett makes the case against playing
True West
Irresistible watercolors of mouthy cowboys, automobile wrecks, boxing matches, rodeo clowns, and rock bands.
August 16, 2013: Afternoon
* Presidents deserve their vacations, but it's too bad they're always taken behind the gates of wealthy friends. * When you consider the alternatives, you are led, as Obama was, to the logic of the drone. * Now that Title X has arrived in sports, student captains of high
August 16, 2013: Morning
* Army blocks entrances to Tahrir Square while Cairo prepares for Muslim Brotherhood's "march of anger." * The Egyptian military did what we explicitly told them not to do. How can we still pretend that this aid is giving us influence? * Round-up of the week in wacky