Guest Thinkers — November 20, 2009

Under Influence

Senator John Kerry’s daughter was arrested yesterday in Las Angeles on suspicion of driving while under the influence.

Senator John Kerry’s daughter was arrested yesterday in Las Angeles on suspicion of driving while under the influence. Police told Fox News that 36-year-old film producer Alexandra Forbes Kerry was released on $5,000 bail after tests showed a blood-alcohol reading of 0.06. She was still under the legal limit in California, which is 0.08, but drivers can still be prosecuted for dangerous driving if any alcohol is found in their system. It has been alleged that Kerry was pulled over at 12.40am after violating a traffic law.

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Thinking

The great free will debate featuring Michio Kaku and Steven Pinker

Who — or what — really controls your mind?

Building destroyed by the Halifax Explosion. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.

The Past

The largest accidental explosion of all time

More than a century ago, Halifax suffered an accidental blast one-fifth the size of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima.

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High Culture

6 great books with wildly unreliable narrators

Dive into the twisted truths and concealed realities told by literature’s most unreliable narrators.

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The Well

Signs you’re burned out — and how to bounce back

If you don’t feel better after the weekend, the “burnout paradox” could explain why.

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Laurie Santos

Starts With A Bang

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If you can identify a foreground star, the spike patterns are a dead giveaway as to whether it’s a JWST image or any other observatory.

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