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Friday, February 24, 2012

The Browser daily newsletter [24 Feb 2012]

24 February 2012

 Best of the Moment

Mitt Romney's Box Of Kryptonite

Paul Barrett | Businessweek | 24 February 2012

In 1995 Randy Johnson lost his job when Bain Capital restructured the firm he worked at. For which, he blames Romney – fairly or not. This is the story of Ampad, and why Johnson still works tirelessly to derail Romney's campaign Comments

Hollywood's Vial Bodies

Ned Zeman | Vanity Fair | 24 February 2012

Not quite as ripped and vigorous as you used to be? Sale of HGH, or human growth hormone, is now big business in Hollywood. In 10 years' time, it will be over-the-counter, says regular user Sylvester Stallone. Should it be? Comments

Brain In A Box

Mitchell Waldrop | Nature | 22 February 2012

One billion euros for a brain in a box? Henry Markram's ready to build it, he just needs funding. His plan? To model the entire human brain on a computer. Highly ambitious, and many are sceptical. But would it be a waste of money? Comments

Warren Buffett: Baptist And Bootlegger

Peter Schweizer | Reason | 9 February 2012

"Buffett is very much a political entrepreneur; his best investments are often in political relationships. In recent years, he has used taxpayer money as a vehicle to even greater profit and wealth." Is this smart or unscrupulous? Comments

The Secret Life Of Bees

Carl Zimmer | Smithsonian | 22 February 2012

How do thousands of individually chaotic bees come together to produce swarm intelligence and make collective decisions? Tom Seeley thinks he knows. And even thinks honeybees show us the best way to plan our own societies Comments

Seminar On David Graeber’s Debt: Introduction

Chris Bertram | Crooked Timber | 22 February 2012

"Debt: The First 5,000 Years" is brilliant but daunting. Starts in social anthropology, advances across economics and finance, law, history, classics, sociology, history of ideas. You probably need some readers' notes. Here they are Comments

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