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The science of humour – what makes a good joke?

While laughter has been shown not to be an entirely human trait, but a behavior shared by all great apes which can be traced back as far as 16 million years, it is still…
AUTHOR:Tibi Puiu
LENGTH: 2 minutes (692 words)

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When My Crazy Father Actually Lost His Mind

Joseph Interlandi, right, with his daughter Nicole and his son, Joseph Jr. We were on something like the 15th round of rummy, and my father was winning decisively. He cracked a wide, toothy grin as…
PUBLISHED: June 22, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (919 words)

Inviting Machines Into Our Bodies

By Chris Arkenberg  In what amounts to a fairly shocking reminder of how quickly our technologies are advancing and how deeply our lives are being woven with networked computation, security…
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1772 words)

Poetics of storytelling

Saadat Hasan Manto with his family. Photo courtesy Manto Family Archive. Saadat Hasan Manto had little time in this world, and he made sure of it. Defiant and independent to the last, this is how he…
PUBLISHED: May 18, 2012
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3654 words)

COSMOS magazine

LIKE MANY CHILDREN, I learned the fundamentals of capitalism at an early age: most of the good things in life – lollies, skateboards, movies, video games, bicycles – could only be…
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3600 words)
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When Losers Write History

(Editor's note: This article is adapted from a chapter in Will the Last Reporter Please Turn out the Lights: The Collapse of Journalism and What Can Be Done To Fix It, published by The New Press in…
SOURCE:reason.com
PUBLISHED: April 8, 2012
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1164 words)

An Essay on the New Aesthetic

An Essay on the New Aesthetic Bruce Sterling I witnessed the New Aesthetic panel at South by Southwest 2012. It was a significant event and a good thing to see. If you know nothing of the “New…
PUBLISHED: April 2, 2012
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4820 words)

Atheists, please read my heathen manifesto

In recent years, we atheists have become more confident and outspoken in articulating and defending our godlessness in the public square. Much has been gained by this. There is now wider awareness…
PUBLISHED: March 25, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2151 words)
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