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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Arts & Letters Daily (05 Jan 2010)

Arts & Letters Daily (05 Jan 2010): "

An extinct race of humans found in Africa had big eyes, child-like faces, and a high IQ - genius ancestors... more Maybe, but not everyone is buying it.


Facebook, we rather easily forget, needs to build a profit with our 'friendships.' Jaron Lanier, barefoot guru of the web, is on the case... more


Just-so stories: unscientific yarn-spinning, mere guessing? Or a part of imaginative hypothesis building in science? David Barash explores a question too-long ignored... more

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