Helen H. Moore's Blog, page 1105
May 23, 2015
Our dogs can read our minds: The new neuroscience of animal brains and understanding
Understanding emotion in others is basic to survival, grounded in evolution. Animals have the skill just as we do
The second life of memories: Where they go when we forget
New research suggests traces of a lost memory might remain in our cells' nuclei
London as neoliberal theme park: The Platform 9 ¾ economy and the Tories’ shocking victory
How London became a monetized simulation of itself -- and how that vision fueled David Cameron's surprise win
David Foster Wallace vs. Jonathan Franzen: Finding truth and authenticity in an age of irony
If Franzen is our genius realist, and DFW our genius postmodernist -- how might they meld irony and sincerity?
“The party of white people”: How the Tea Party took over the GOP, armed with all the wrong lessons from history
The Founders were a divided bunch. They believed in debate but also in solving problems. Someone tell the Tea Party
May 21, 2015
Kim Kardashian is not unstoppable: How to beat flawless TV celebs in the book sales game
Unlike reality show stars, YouTubers like Zoella and Connor Franta are, in fact, here to make friends—and get paid
Feminist icon Vivian Gornick, still in the fight: A conversation with Jonathan Lethem
A longtime fan sits down with Gornick to discuss her much-anticipated new memoir, "The Odd Woman and the City"
Secrets of Osama bin Laden’s library: The mystic, searching book now being misinterpreted as a conspiracy text
Manly P. Hall's book is in danger of joining "Helter Skelter" and "Catcher in the Rye." It doesn't deserve to
Up all night in Mexico City: “Güeros,” a gorgeous, ecstatic slacker odyssey, is one of the best movies of the year
Tragic, romantic and hilarious, this late '90s Mexican rebel odyssey is 2015's foreign-language breakthrough
“Would you do this to a man?”: Melissa McCarthy destroys sexist reporter who called her “hideous”
McCarthy recently had the chance to come face-to-face with the reporter. It was a run-in he'll likely never forget
