Jonah Lehrer | Wired | 17 February 2012 To create memories the brain relies on just a handful of chemicals. Researchers believe an equally small set of compounds will turn out to be a memory eraser. "In the very near future, the act of remembering will become a choice" Comments Francis Fukuyama | Foreign Affairs | 19 December 2011 Subtle analysis of how the future of liberal democracy depends on the middle classes finding a new narrative (Free access for Browser readers) Comments Mike Dash | Smithsonian | 16 February 2012 "Few men have acquired so scandalous a reputation as did Basil Zaharoff, alias Count Zacharoff." Here's how he went from brothel tout, bigamist and arsonist to university benefactor, intimate of royalty, international arms dealer Comments Ana Palacio | American Interest | 8 February 2012 Vigorous essay by the former Spanish Foreign Minister, urging action on our "continent of Sartres and Hamlets” Comments Andrew Todhunter | National Geographic | 15 February 2012 "To study the lives of the Apostles is a bit like what we've been doing with the Hubble telescope—getting as close as we can to seeing these earliest galaxies. This was the big bang moment for Christianity" Comments Mark O'Connell | Millions | 16 February 2012 Who knew? British novelist published video-game book, "Invasion of the Space Invaders", in 1982. And has kept it out of print ever since. "Many have heard rumours of its shameful presence, but few have seen it with their own eyes" Comments | 
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