Matthew Green | Reuters | 5 September 2012 "Few in Pakistan or abroad know the country is home to a suspected major player in a $68 billion global opiates industry that has claimed far more lives than attacks by al-Qaeda." Has anybody ever got close to touching him? No Comments David Spiegelhalter | BBC | 4 September 2012 Statistician considers the probability of long life in charming short article. "It's odd to think we have been essentially ageing only nine months for each year that passes." But that is the effect of rising life expectancy Comments Michelle Obama | NPR | 4 September 2012 Obviously it loses something on the page, and it takes three or four paragraphs to pick up speed, but when it does, this is one of the great convention speeches, maybe one of the great political speeches, of modern times Comments David Kirkpatrick | NYT | 3 September 2012 Disturbing report from Syrian refugee camp in Jordan. Where even young children are focused on sectarian revenge. "I hate the Alawites and the Shiites. We are going to kill them with our knives, just like they killed us" Comments Kevin Carey | Washington Monthly | 1 September 2012 "Higher education is a publicly subsidized, heavily regulated, culturally entrenched sector that has stubbornly resisted digital rationalization." But it can't do so forever. Barbarians are at the gate. When will they break through? Comments Miguel Nicolelis | Scientific American | 29 August 2012 Pistorius running on blades is certainly an impressive sight. But did you know that the first kick of the next World Cup will be made by a paralysed teenager, controlling robotic legs by the power of thought? Welcome to the future Comments | 
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