bestof + history
- Bill Bryson: The secret life of your home
- Ever wondered why forks have four prongs? Or why we choose salt and pepper over other spices?
- 2010-06-21 to bestof, books, history, lifestyle, non fiction by soobrosa
- Adam Gopnik: What did Jesus do?
- Reading and unreading the Gospels.
- 2010-06-21 to bestof, books, history, religion by soobrosa
- Lisa Robinson: Boogie Nights
- It became known, and ultimately reviled, as Disco. But the music that surged out of gay underground New York clubs such as the Loft and 12 West in the early 70s was the sound of those who wanted to dance, dance, dance.
- 2010-01-24 to bestof, disco, history, music by soobrosa
- Douglas Rushkoff: Economics is not natural science
- The first innovation was to centralize currency. What better way for the already rich to maintain their wealth than to make money scarce?
- 2009-11-01 to bestof, books, business, currency, economics, history, middle class, society by soobrosa
- Caleb Crain: Bootylicious
- What do the pirates of yore tell us about their modern counterparts?
- 2009-10-11 to bestof, counterculture, democracy, history, outlaws, pirates, politics, society by soobrosa
- Atul Gawande: The Score
- After Apgar, obstetricians decided that they needed a simpler, more predictable way to intervene when a laboring mother ran into trouble. They found it in the Cesarean section.
- 2009-09-27 to bestof, birth, child, children, history, labor, medicine, mother by soobrosa
- Levin-Wilson: How Is America Going To End?
- The apocalypse you chose. Plus, the end-of-America social network.
- 2009-09-19 to bestof, future, futurology, history, scenario by soobrosa
- John Homans: The Kids Are—Yawn—Alright
- Teenagers assumed their current form in 1945, says Teenage. No wonder their antics can seem a little stale.
- 2009-09-19 to bestof, books, history, review, society, teenage by soobrosa
- Erin Biba: Amber Ale - Brewing Beer from 45-Million-Year-Old Yeast
- This was the closest humanity had come to the discovery imagined in Jurassic Park.
- 2009-07-25 to bestof, biology, cloning, drink, genetics, history, science by soobrosa
- Georgian splendour
- As spring begins, the 250th anniversary of Handel’s death is being honoured with a glorious splurge of his music.
- 2009-06-01 to bestof, classic, history, music, portrait by soobrosa
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