Barbara Flagg (WUSTL): "And Grace Will Lead Me Home": The Case for Judicial Race Activism. A real science of mind: Why advances in perceptual psychology, not neuroscience, should be grabbing headlines. Ascension Island is a remote, volcanic island that Darwin, Hooker, and the Royal Navy shaped into a thriving, artificial ecosystem. A look at the dinosaur fossils that changed everything. The world's best living travel writer: Read John Gimlette and you'll want to go wherever he's talking about — even frozen, rocky Newfoundland. More on Matt Taibbi's Griftopia. Dog training philosophies go in cycles — is today's lenient phase coming to an end? From Foreign Policy, an article on nuclear blast zones, floating landfills, volcanic moonscapes, and other must-visit destinations for the disaster tourist. Stefany Anne Golberg on the existential dilemma of bedbugs. Constitutional scripture may be an effective counterpoint to religious scripture: Ran Hirschl on his book Constitutional Theocracy. Some crime victims find their only real healing comes from a face-to-face meeting with the criminals who hurt them — can research into this counterintuitive process help more victims regain control of their lives? Marc Abrahams on Jesus’s IQ, calculated by Bob. Rethinking Innovation: What’s the difference between new ideas that are good and those that are merely novel? David Roberts on the top five stories of the year for climate hawks.
