Stephen Wolfram | Stephen Wolfram | 8 March 2012 Wolfram uses himself as an experimental subject and crunches his personal data with the automated analysis algorithms he developed Comments Lexington | Economist | 8 March 2012 Fun take on how Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, may interpret recent pronouncements by US and Israeli leaders. Not forgetting contributions by Gingrich and Romney. And do read to the end: There's a kicker Comments Claudia Dreifus | NYT | 5 March 2012 Dreyfus interviews Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel about evacuating Nazi Germany, his work on the biology of memory, and his opinions on the possibility of enhancing or erasing memories Comments Sally Adee | Last Word On Nothing | 9 February 2012 Transcranial direct current stimulation is an experimental technique that could be used to enhance brain function in healthy individuals. Adee volunteered in a military-funded experiment to find out what "brain boosting" feels like Comments Steven Shapin | LA Review of Books | 7 March 2012 Cannibalism was once central to rites and myths. It's fallen a long way since. "The modern cannibal is little more than a mental deviant, and the eater of human flesh is for us just a bit player in a theater of perversity" Comments Karen Abbott | Smithsonian | 7 March 2012 Via Alaska and Russia. Initial camaraderie among teams turned sour in Midwest, with accusations of cheating. Eventual winner arrived in Paris almost six months later, only to be arrested for having no headlights. A rollicking ride Comments | 
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