A new issue of Common Ground is out. From TNR, a look at how Simon Cowell saved American democracy. From Archeology, the origin of form was abrupt not gradual: An interview with cell biologist Stuart Newman about the ongoing revolution in evolutionary theory. Could Napoleon have coped in a credit crunch? Our desire to see history through the lives of great men blinds us to the real complexity of politics, business and finance. More on Reinventing Knowledge: From Alexandria to the Internet by Ian F. McNeely. From Economic Principals, who can plausibly be said to be responsible for a mess made mainly on Wall Street? New Scientist ranks methods to save the world. Web journals "narrowing study": Critics warn online publishing reduces academic research to little more than a "popularity contest". Back to

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