John Paul Rollert | Boston Review | 23 May 2012 "Being wealthy and feeling rich are often inversely correlated. In a room full of rich men, only one doesn’t feel poor by comparison. This lesson is often overlooked in the ongoing debate over income inequality" Comments Jack Hitt | Popsci | 22 May 2012 Inside the world of DIY synthetic biology. Where amateurs attempt genetic engineering in homemade labs. Will it lead to a wave of scientific breakthroughs, and valuable new life forms? Or a new generation of Dr Frankensteins? Comments Michael Wood | BBC | 25 May 2012 Divisive inequality of wealth; rising unemployment and inflation; anarchist riots on the streets of Europe; rise of extremist political parties. 2012? No, 5th Century AD. What can fall of the Roman empire tell us about euro crisis? Comments Carl Zimmer | Loom | 23 May 2012 Another magnificent piece of writing from Zimmer. This time on arctic adventurers, fish, and "one of the most crucial transitions in history of life": How the first tetrapods emerged from water, and started to move about on dry land Comments Josh Kosman | Rolling Stone | 23 May 2012 A rant, yes, but enjoyable. "Romney wants us to believe that critics of private equity are against capitalism. They’re not. They’re against a predatory system created and perpetuated by Wall Street solely to pump its own profits" Comments Stephen Fry | New Adventures | 24 May 2012 On Dietrich Fischer Dieskau, and why classical music is worth the learning curve. "You’ll hate it at first perhaps. But leave it on. Leave it on over the next few days and suddenly, it will steal into you and never leave you" Comments | 
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