Why Iraq war films fail
17th March 2010 — Issue 168Despite the Oscar success of the Hurt Locker, Iraq films do badly at the box office—and anyone who's been there knows they're inaccurate. What would it take to give Iraq its Apocalypse Now?
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The case against the hockey stick
10th March 2010 — Issue 168The "hockey stick" temperature graph is a mainstay of global warming science. A new book tells of one man's efforts to dismantle it—and deserves to win prizes
High noon in the middle east
18th March 2010 — Issue 168
Israel's once-legendary army has grown weaker, and its newly emboldened enemies are allying against it. It may not be long until full-scale war breaks out
Jonathan Safran Foer: The prize-winning American novelist talks about why it's weird to eat meat, his move from fiction to journalism, and why eliminating ignorance will lead to more vegetarianism
The overpopulation myth: The idea that growing human numbers will destroy the planet is nonsense. But over-consumption will
Men: feminism needs you Jim Pollard is wrong to say feminism has brought men more benefits than women. So far it's been a raw deal for both
Neuroscience roundtable: is anybody in there?
24th February 2010 — Issue 168
AC Grayling, Susie Orbach, Matthew Taylor, Steven Rose and many more experts debate what brain scans can reveal about who we are and how to live
My day out with the Thameslink Tories
24th February 2010 — Issue 168
The Bedford to Brighton line is dotted with marginal seats. I went to listen to the voters
The spirit of co-operation
24th February 2010 — Issue 168
New research backs up a neglected political insight that collaboration can flourish without the state. And it underpins David Cameron’s project to build a “bigger” society
Men: feminism needs you
9th March 2010 — Issue 168
Jim Pollard is wrong to say feminism has brought men more benefits than women. So far it's been a raw deal for both
The overpopulation myth
8th March 2010 — Issue 168
The idea that growing human numbers will destroy the planet is nonsense. But over-consumption will
Jonathan Safran Foer on eating animals
4th March 2010 — Issue 168
The prize-winning American novelist talks about why it's weird to eat meat, his move from fiction to journalism, and why eliminating ignorance will lead to more vegetarianism
Undue modesty
24th February 2010 — Issue 168
We must not overhype brain science. But the real risk is that we underestimate it
Neuro ergo sum?
24th February 2010 — Issue 168
It is beguiling to think brain science can help us tell right from wrong—and unlikely too
Moulding young minds
24th February 2010 — Issue 168
Digital culture does not ruin children’s brains. In fact, it may help them learn better
No end of the affair
27th January 2010 — Issue 167
What causes people like John Terry to play away from home? The reasons we have affairs could be down to our biology
Back to the moon
27th January 2010 — Issue 167
Its south pole may be as valuable as Saudi Arabia’s oilfields. But who will get there first?
What makes Britain laugh?
24th February 2010 — Issue 168
Why do British comedians not talk about black people? Is a Madeleine McCann joke ever OK? And when is a Hitler moustache funny?
Paddling in the shallows
24th February 2010 — Issue 168
Dave Eggers, one of the most powerful figures in current American writing, has tackled Hurricane Katrina. But he fails to get under the skin of New Orleans
The limits of genius
24th February 2010 — Issue 168
Michael Scammell’s authorised life of Arthur Koestler was intended to restore the reputation of Stalinism’s great scourge. Instead, Koestler emerges as a monster
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