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Telling the truth

Stefan Andreasson (QUB): Conservatism and Postcolonial Politics. Men who wish to attract women on the disco floor would be better advised to learn a few moves that answer the female mating drive rather than bother with the moonwalk — psychologists have identified the key male dance movements that most arouse female interest. From Forward, are corporations evil? The problem isn’t when corporations go wrong — the problem is when they go right. Do No Evil: Google’s philanthropy, dubbed DotOrg, launched in 2004 with bold ambitions and almost $1 billion in seed funding, but the corporate culture built by engineers proved challenging for the development experts brought in — six years later, the philanthropy’s leadership has been replaced and its ambitions have shrunk. MRI Lie Detectors: Can magnetic-resonance imaging show whether people are telling the truth? From Renewal, Diane Perrons on gender, work and "market" values; and a review of books on the new world of work. Beyond the Poverty Line: The way the United States determines who is poor and who is not — a measure based solely on the cost of food — is broken; a new approach is needed, one that measures poverty through multiple factors such as housing, transportation, and regional economic differences. ”Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful”: Why would anyone hate a beautiful woman on a commercial?