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Baris Ozener, Can Pelin, Ayla Kurkcuoglu, and Ragiba Zagyapan (Baskent): Facial Symmetry is Not a Reliable Clue of Aggressive Behavior. From Figure/Ground Communication, Edyta Niemyjska interviews Debra Bergoffen, author of Contesting the Politics of Genocidal Rape: Affirming the Dignity of the Vulnerable Body. Theories of everything: Paschal Donohoe review Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity and Poverty by Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson, Civilization: The West and the Rest by Niall Ferguson, The Origins of Political Order by Francis Fukuyama, and Why the West Rules — for Now by Ian Morris. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith on how a despot’s health is a serious matter. Josh Harkinson interviews Nathanael Johnson, author of All Natural: A Skeptic's Quest for Health and Happiness in an Age of Ecological Anxiety.