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From Argumentum, Abuczki Agnes (Debrecen): The Use of Metaphors in Advertising: A Case Study Critical Discourse Analysis of Advertisements in Cosmopolitan; and Koczogh Helga Vanda (Debrecen): Verbal Superiority of Women? Here are summaries of the six arguments against the existence of God in The Six Ways of Atheism by Geoffrey Berg. From Obit, do-it-yourself home burials might be the next big trend; and among colleges and universities there is a subtly growing trend of offering final campus resting places for faculty, alumni and their loved ones. John Gray reviews God Is Back: How the Global Rise of Faith Is Changing the World by John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge (and more and more and more and more and more and more and more). Even if we tap every renewable power source available, it won't mean a thing without a final, crucial step: reinventing the grid. From daring London plays to Hollywood films, global warming is at last taking centre stage. Life, the multiverse and everything: Mark Vernon asks leading scientists if physics is turing into metaphysics. From Nerve, a true story about Brazilian Girls: Getting laid in Rio is harder than you think. Here’s a fun experiment: Turn on the TV, flip through the most recent issue of Entertainment Weekly, and try telling the young men apart.