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Best of the Moment

Obama Order Sped Up Wave Of Cyberattacks Against Iran

David Sanger | NYT | 1 June 2012

Extraordinary piece. Suggests Obama authorised wave after wave of cyber strikes against Iranian nuclear sites. Under an operation codenamed Olympic Games that was developed in tandem with Israel. Stuxnet was part of it Comments

The Amazon Effect

Steve Wasserman | Nation | 29 May 2012

"The bookstore wars are over. Independents are battered, Borders is dead, Barnes & Noble weakened but still standing and Amazon triumphant. Yet still there is no peace; a new war rages for the future of publishing" Comments

Do Dogs Feel Guilty?

Jason Goldman | Thoughtful Animal | 31 May 2012

Three quarters of dog owners believe they do. But guilt is a "secondary emotion", one that requires cognitive sophistication. Dogs may look guilty. But is this a "learned response" or true emotion? Here's the latest research Comments

So, What Did The Muslims Do For The Jews?

David Wasserstein | Jewish Chronicle | 24 May 2012

"Islam saved Jewry. This is an unpopular, discomforting claim in the modern world. But it is a historical truth." Without rise of Islam, Jewry would have disappeared in the West and become "just another oriental cult" in the East Comments

What You Hate Most About Waiting In Line

Seth Stevenson | Slate | 1 June 2012

It's not the length of the wait – it's whether it's longer than expected and whether someone who arrives after you gets served before you. So what happens when queue theorists try to check out of their hotel at the same time? Comments

Robin Van Persie

Henk Spaan | FT | 2 June 2012

Profile of the Dutch soccer star. "He has grown from a capricious, somewhat moody adolescent into a verbally gifted, grown-up family man, one of the few footballers I know who is capable of self-reflection and self-criticism" Comments

FiveBooks Interview

Bruce Dowbiggin on Ice Hockey

Fast, violent and with a passionately political history, hockey is the sport that defines Canada. The sports columnist tells us how this came to be, and why hockey, still a thrilling spectacle, has also become more dangerous to play

Featured Special Report

Population and Resources

Will humans run out of natural resources? Is population growth a danger to society? Or will human innovation conquer? You decide

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Book of the Day

America (The Book) by Jon Stewart and the writers of the Daily Show

Lee Camp says: “There’s not much of a political agenda in this book but it’s just fall-off-your-chair funny. There are 20 good jokes per page and it’s 400 pages long”

Video of the Day

Speed Of Light

World's smallest live-action police chase. No CGI trickery

Quote of the Day

Carlo Rovelli on science

"Science is not about certainty. Science is about finding the most reliable way of thinking, at the present level of knowledge"