Archive for the ‘Lins Bits’ Category
The Moral Naturalists
By DAVID BROOKS Published: July 22, 2010 NYT Scientific research is showing that we are born with an innate moral sense. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/opinion/23brooks.html
Easing the suffering of the world
Vancouver psychologist trains therapists in some of the globe’s most troubled places BY DARAH HANSEN, VANCOUVER SUN JULY 17, 2010 4:06 AM http://www.vancouversun.com/Easing+suffering+world/3290760/story.html
Accepting That Good Parents May Plant Bad Seeds
By RICHARD A. FRIEDMAN, M.D. Published: July 12, 2010 NYT We marvel at the resilient child who survives the most toxic parents, yet the converse — the notion that some children might be the bad seeds of more or less decent parents — is hard to take. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/13/health/13mind.html
The Medium Is the Medium
By DAVID BROOKS Published: July 8, 2010 NYT The Internet culture has yet to incorporate the literary culture of traditional bookish learning. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/09/opinion/09brooks.html
Female hormones, prenatal care and ethics
Newsweek July 2, 2010 The controversy over using female hormones as part of prenatal care isn’t quite as shocking as the headlines suggest, but it does raise important questions about ethics, gender, and sexuality. http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/02/the-anti-lesbian-drug.html
Discovering a Soft Spot for Circuitry
By AMY HARMON Published: July 4, 2010 NYT After years of effort to coax empathy from smart machines, robots and devices designed to soothe, support and keep us company are venturing out of the laboratory. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/05/science/05robot.html
Why Is It So Hard to Apologize Well?
By LISA BELKIN Published: June 28, 2010 NYT Magazine These days, saying “sorry” often sounds like a parody. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/04/magazine/04fob-wwln-t.html
Unprecedented Role Reversal
lier this year, women became the majority of the workforce for the first time in U.S. history. Most managers are now women too. And for every two men who get a college degree this year, three women will do the same. For years, women’s progress has been cast as a struggle for equality. But what [...]
Equal Rights for Women? Survey Says: Yes, But …
By VICTORIA SHANNON Published: June 30, 2010 NYT People around the world say they firmly support equal rights, but many still believe men should get preference. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/world/01iht-poll.html
Well: Phys Ed: What Exercise Science Doesn’t Know About Women
By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Published: June 30, 2010 NYT When sports scientists recreate classic men-only experiments with women, the results are often quite different. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/06/30/phys-ed-what-exercise-science-doesnt-know-about-women/
