James Dow (Oakland): Is Religion an Evolutionary Adaptation? After Arthur C. Clarke, who are science fiction's visionaries? The extinct human species that was smarter than us: A review of Big Brain: The Origins and Future of Human Intelligence by Gary Lynch and Richard Granger. Research suggests satisfactory sexual intercourse for couples lasts from 3 to 13 minutes, contrary to popular fantasy. A review of Who’s Your City? How the Creative Economy Is Making Where to Live the Most Important Decision of Your Life by Richard Florida. A review of Blue & Gold and Black: Racial Integration of the US Naval Academy by Robert Schneller. Eric Foner reviews books on the Colfax Massacre. Jacob Hacker on why socialized medicine might be just what the doctor ordered. By mid-century, more than two-thirds of us will live in cities, but they remain poor, weak creatures — how to empower them? Carlin Romano reviews The Open Road: The Global Journey of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama by Pico Iyer. A review of Propitious Esculent: the Potato in World History by John Reader. How the myth of food miles hurts the planet: Ethical shopping just got more complicated — the idea that only local produce is good is under attack. Andrew Anthony on how now America and Britain get blame for the Holocaust. From Slate, here's a history of the hangover.
