Joseph Stiglitz | Vanity Fair | 31 May 2012 "There are good reasons why plutocrats should care about inequality — even if they're thinking only about themselves. The rich do not exist in a vacuum. They need a functioning society around them to sustain their position" Comments Jonathan Franzen | Guardian | 25 May 2012 "I'm going to address four unpleasant questions that novelists often get asked. They're maddening not just because we hear them so often but also because, with one exception, they're difficult to answer and, therefore, worth asking" Comments Richard Dawkins | Prospect | 23 May 2012 Dawkins reviews EO Wilson's new title "The Social Conquest of Earth". He's not impressed: "To borrow from Dorothy Parker, this is not a book to be tossed lightly aside. It should be thrown with great force. And sincere regret" Comments Jo Becker & Scott Shane | NYT | 29 May 2012 "Mr Obama has placed himself at the helm of a top secret 'nominations' process to designate terrorists for kill or capture, of which the capture part has become largely theoretical." Current and former advisers explain how it works Comments Elizabeth Landau | CNN | 28 May 2012 On the science of music. Why do songs get stuck in our heads? What's the connection between memory and music? Can monkeys recognise beats? Why is it so difficult for musicians to start playing a song from a random point in the tune? Comments Wil Hylton | NYT | 30 May 2012 "Each of the bugs will have a mission. Some will be designed to devour things, like pollution. Others will generate food and fuel." But all will share one extraordinary feature: They will be custom engineered, from synthetic DNA Comments Tom Verducci | Sports Illustrated | 29 May 2012 "This is a story about the hundreds, even thousands, of anonymous ballplayers whose careers and lives were changed by a temptation that defined an era." The temptation to cheat, to improve their game with the use of steroids Comments Dan Ariely | WSJ | 25 May 2012 "We tend to think that people are either honest or dishonest. But that is not how dishonesty works." In a series of experiments, Ariely discovers how, why, and by how much people cheat. The answers may surprise (h/t Daniel Lippman) Comments | 
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