Jared Diamond | NYRB | 17 May 2012 In "Why Nations Fail", Acemoglu and Robinson argue that institutions determine national prosperity. Not history and geography. Diamond reaches for a synthesis—that history and geography determine institutional formation Comments Maria Konnikova | Literally Psyched | 8 May 2012 So many fairy tales start with "once upon a time". But why? The spatial and temporal distance, and the vagueness -- this is what lets us embed ourselves into scary, dangerous places and events, and enjoy the ride Comments Ed Yong | Not Exactly Rocket Science | 10 May 2012 Science and medical writers have to understand at least some basic statistics. Here is a clear explanation for one type of number that keeps popping up in the media, almost always misunderstood and misused Comments Anonymous | Philosopher's Beard | 11 May 2012 "When we try to subsume the practical domain of morality into moral theory by clearly defining the principles that count and binding them together in certain fixed constellations, we excise a great deal of actual moral life" Comments Carl Zimmer | Discover | 15 May 2012 Yes, real tapeworms in real people's brains. And not as rare or distant as you may think. And yes, it's gross Comments John Colapinto | New Yorker | 16 May 2012 On falling in love with audiobooks. "There are exquisite pleasures to be derived from hearing how a talented actor brings forth characters and stories—often in a way that points up one’s own inner-ear tone deafness to certain books" Comments | 
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