The Limits of Genetic Testing
A just-published study of tens of thousands of identical twins around the world confirms that genetics are a poor, if not purposeless, prognostic of the chance of getting a disease.… More »
David Shenk is a writer on genetics, talent and intelligence. He is the author of Data Smog, The Forgetting, and most recently, The Genius In All of Us. More
A just-published study of tens of thousands of identical twins around the world confirms that genetics are a poor, if not purposeless, prognostic of the chance of getting a disease.… More »
A long-time Apple fan and customer expresses his deep gratitude to the big man in Cupertino, providing a brief history of the company's many products along the way… More »
The newspaper relied on dated descriptions of the diagnosis, stages, and heredity factors of the disease in a story about Ronald Reagan… More »
Why has the U.S. government response to the events in Cairo been so quiet?… More »
Looking to give the gift of laughter this holiday season? Here are some favorite funny series.… More »
I love the new MacBook Air, but watch a lot of Hulu and Netflix and the volume never gets loud enough. Here's how to fix that.… More »
They should have considered how the documents might harm our nation's interests… More »
Are there hidden components to innate aptitude that might help explain success?… More »
How the New York Times misunderstands the Broadway show's synthesis of high and lowbrow entertainment… More »
Reviewing some of the iPad's most useful add-ons to help maximize its mobility and minimize its vulnerability… More »
With exquisite writing, acting, and staging, the play opening this week on Broadway is a must-see… More »
A remarkable conversation this morning between The Wire's David Simon and WNYC's Brian Lehrer on Brian's show. I recommend listening to the entire 16 minutes (below), but here's a small taste: David Simon: Somewhere along the line, we mistook capitalism, which is a remarkable economic engine, and something we can't do without [for] a social compact, for a manner in which you build a just society. If the profit motive determines the rationale for a just society,…… More »
Non-stop recording device, the Looxcie, demonstrates our society's growing obsession with surveillance… More »
A look at some thousand-year-old chess pieces housed in Edinburgh's National Museum of Scotland… More »
If rumors are true, Mac will introduce your favorite products in better sizes… More »
Why renowned inventor Ray Kurzweil is wrong about the claim that we are roughly a decade away from being able to digitally simulate a human brain… More »
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