Joseph Stiglitz | Project Syndicate | 12 January 2012 Asian economies are showing pragmatic commitment to growth. By contrast, West's mix of ideology and vested interests almost looks like a commitment not to grow. Expect more global economic rebalancing. And political tension Comments Carl Zimmer | Txnologist | 10 January 2012 Hang on a minute, I hear you say. If scientists are working to create, locate, even manipulate life, surely they must be able to define it? Well, it's not so simple. As Zimmer shows, there's no agreement as to what life actually is Comments Emma Sky | Foreign Policy | 13 January 2012 Nice mix of travelogue and political analysis as Sky returns to country she worked in as adviser to US army. A rounder picture of Iraq than one usually gets, with some cause for optimism. But fears loom over PM's power play Comments Max Rivlin-Nadler | The Awl | 11 January 2012 Writer visits National Funeral Directors Conference. Finds industry in turmoil. Cremation numbers up, burials down, demand for religious ceremonies falling. What value-added services do people really want? Can Disney provide clues? Comments Charles Fernyhough | Guardian | 13 January 2012 Interesting look at what we know about memory, quirks and all. "Similar neural systems seem to underpin past-related and future-related thinking. Memory is endlessly creative, and at one level it functions just as imagination does" Comments Rebecca O'Connor | Rumpus | 13 January 2012 Writer goes in search of family history and the grandmother she never knew, who committed suicide. "We had always talked like Barbara Jean had made her choice. Now I wonder how many choices were made for her" Comments | 
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