AvatarBrendanWhy it's time for brain science to ditch the 'Venus and Mars' clicheverified_publisherThe Guardian - Robin McKieReports trumpeting basic differences between male and female brains are biological determinism at its most trivial, says the science writer of the year
AvatarBrendanNelson Mandela: A look backverified_publisherPOLITICOPOLITICO rounds up career highlights and praise U.S. politicans had for the former South Africa president and anti-apartheid leader.
AvatarBrendanSecrecy Bill Could Distance Japan From Its Postwar Pacifism (Published 2013)verified_publisherThe New York Times - Martin FacklerTOKYO — Brushing past angry street protests and apocalyptic editorials in leading newspapers, Japan’s conservative prime minister, Shinzo Abe, appears set to achieve one of the first items on his legislative agenda to roll back his nation’s postwar pacifism: passing a national secrets law. The …
AvatarBrendanJapan’s new Secrets Bill Threatens To Muzzle The Press and WhistleblowersThe Daily Beast - Jake Adelstein, Nathalie-Kyoko StuckyAn ominous new bill in Japan, on its way to becoming law, would give the government expanded powers to classify nearly anything as a secret and …
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AvatarBrendanZackees LED turn-signal gloves are a geeky fusion of tech, fashion, and safetyverified_publisherVentureBeat - Ricardo BiltonThe Zackees turn-signal gloves might be the greatest gift to cyclists since the helmet. A unique fusion of fashion and tech, the gloves have their own arrow-shaped strings of LEDs, which cyclists can use to signal that they’re turning. They’re the sort of thing that screams “geek,” but if they keep …