Robert Pallitto (Seton Hall): Torture and Historical Memory. A look at how Vienna in 1900 gave birth to modern style and identity. A review of In Praise of Copying by Marcus Boon. A review of A Planet of Viruses by Carl Zimmer. What Rotten Tomatoes data tell us about the best, worst, and most bizarre Hollywood trajectories. Will androids one day dream of electric sheep? Kathleen Richardson examines the history and development of the robot and evaluates the possibilities. Mark Jacobson on why Paul Bergrin was the baddest lawyer in the history of New Jersey. More and more and more on Peter Toohey's Boredom: A Lively History. From Edge.com, what is social psychology, anyway? An interview with Timothy D. Wilson. When the truth hurts: How to have an honest conversation about the future without losing hope. An interview with Tim Harford, author of Adapt: Why Success Always Starts With Failure (and more and more). Getting Pumped: At $2, $3, of $4 a gallon, gas prices are always going to seem too high. A review of The Blind Spot: Science and the Crisis of Uncertainty by William Byers.
