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Issue 168
Issue 168

Issue 168

March 2010

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Neuroscience roundtable: is anybody in there?


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

A roundtable debate on how much brain scans can reveal

My day out with the Thameslink Tories


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

The key voters in the coming election

The spirit of co-operation


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Collaboration can flourish without the state

Do academy schools really work?


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

In a league of their own

A hunger to survive


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

A grandmother defects from North Korea

A sporting chance for London


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

How London could improve the Olympics' poor track record

Unpicking the brain


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Can neuroscientific research act as a guide to public policy?

Dave's new best friends


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Who will win the election for David Cameron?

Cosmic man


22nd February 2010  —  Issue 168

An interview with the astronomer royal Martin Rees

The case against the hockey stick


10th March 2010  —  Issue 168

Matt Ridley reviews Andrew Montfort's "The Hockey Stick Illusion"

Men: feminism needs you


9th March 2010  —  Issue 168

Whatever happened to gender equality?

The overpopulation myth


8th March 2010  —  Issue 168

There aren't too many people on the planet

Jonathan Safran Foer on eating animals


4th March 2010  —  Issue 168

Jonathan Safran Foer confronts his flesh-eating critics

Undue modesty


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Why we can't underestimate neuroscience

Neuro ergo sum?


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

On philosophy

Moulding young minds


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

On child development

It’s not all hardwired


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

On culture

Population problem


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Labour's accidental immigration legacy

Why feminism favours men


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

The movement has worked wonders—but not for women

Top three Tory banana skins


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Cameron's promise of power to the people will be tricky

Let’s all be friends


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Our social ties can help fix errant behaviour and save money

Everyday philosophy


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Is God special?

Too hot to handle


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

We need to be sure about climate science

What makes Britain laugh?


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Leicester’s comedy festival is a melting pot, like the city itself

Paddling in the shallows


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Dave Eggers’s new book doesn’t get under the skin of New Orleans

The limits of genius


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

An authorised life of Arthur Koestler fails to restore his reputation

Cultural notebook: the real Pete Doherty


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

The real Pete Doherty

Unnatural selection


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Why Jerry Fodor is wrong on Darwinism

Private view: Chris Ofili


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Chris Ofili

Performance notes: obscure opera


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Obscure opera

No escape


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

An ex-offender's life

How to spend it


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Four extracts from diaries, letters and books

Widescreen: the end of stardom


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

The end of stardom?

Two-step


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

New fiction

Washington watch: scribbling republicans


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Scribbling Republicans

Brussels diary: the French vs Ashton


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

The French hit Ashton

China cafe: hunting wild boar


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Hunting wild boar

If I ruled the world, men would do housework


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Vacuuming for men

Political notes: Cameron's dilemma


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Cameron's dilemma

Crisis watch: Greece and the IMF


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Greece and IMF

Sporting life: Italian football


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Milan's derby

Matters of taste: Michelin stars are conservative


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Michelin men

Dear Wilhemina: should I marry for the tax break?


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Should I marry for the tax break?

The information


25th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Inheritance tax

In fact


25th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Facts from around the world

Prospect recommends


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

The pick of the month's events

Diary


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

What's up at the Islam Channel

Dr Pangloss


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Carnival

Words that think for us


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Human capital

Number cruncher


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Forecasting

Letters


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

Readers respond

Editorial


24th February 2010  —  Issue 168

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