We would like to wish a merry Christmas to our readers.
This week's issue features the mother of all trade shows,
the mathematics of trucking, tips on online health
information, and the biology behind winter depression.
---Air Travel---
Salon considers the feasibility of a system that might
prevent planes from entering no-fly zones by letting
software override the will of the pilot.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=83666
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=83666
---Architecture---
A piece in The American Prospect tries to reason why, if
Americans appreciate the importance of good architecture,
architecture in America is generally so boring.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=83604
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=83604
---Business---
A Salon writer visits a trade show for people who organize
trade shows, finding marketing nirvana.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=83728
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=83728
A Wired article looks at the changes that math- and
tech-intensive logistics have wrought on the trucking
industry.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=83735
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=83735
A Fast Company piece advocates counterintuitive -- and just
plain weird -- ideas for keeping your company strong and
innovative.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=83639
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=83639
---Education---
An HHMI Bulletin article reports on a program that helps
isolated rural science teachers create exciting classes,
despite lack of funds and professional support, by adapting
experiments to the available natural resources.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=84056
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=84056
---Health---
A Smart Computing article weighs the pros and cons of
looking for health information online and provides tips for
those who do so.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=83771
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=83771
Science News reports on the first study to identify the
biological underpinnings of winter depression.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=83719
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=83719
---Movies---
Time Europe lauds Peter Jackson's film version of J.R.R.
Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=84055
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=84055
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---U.S. Politics & Society---
According to The New Republic, elements including rising
unemployment and health care costs are combining to create
the health-policy equivalent of a perfect storm.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=83614
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=83614
A Fast Company article voices "the hard truth about New
York": that the city is facing a serious economic decline
and will be revived not by leaders, but by perseverance on a
grassroots level.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=83601
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=83601
The American Prospect argues that term limit laws are
demonstrably damaging to the legislatures subject to them,
and therefore to governance.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=84020
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=84020
Wired looks at what may be an inevitable development in
American society: ubiquitous, networked electronic
surveillance.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=83774
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=83774
---World Politics & Society---
A FEER article profiles new Afghan leader Hamid Karzai,
opining that, because Karzai is neither a warlord nor a
career politician, his chances of success are above average.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=83651
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=83651
Time Europe writes of the important choices that the
children of Europe's Muslim immigrants face about their
cultures.
http://MagPortal.com/nr/rdir.php?w=84047
similar: http://MagPortal.com/cgi/sim.cgi?w=84047
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