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Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birkbeck): Why Do So Many Bi- and Multilinguals Feel Different When Switching Languages? Daryl Lim (John Marshall): Living with Monsanto. The FBI’s investigation of soccer governing body FIFA includes scrutiny of how the organization awarded the 2018 World Cup to Russia and the 2022 competition to Qatar. Ex-FIFA official Jack Warner promises to spill secrets on FIFA, Sepp Blatter. Michael E. Miller on how curmudgeonly old reporter Andrew Jennings exposed the FIFA scandal that toppled Sepp Blatter. Annie Lowrey interviews Wednesday Martin, the anthropologist who introduced the Upper East Side “wife bonus”. David A. Fahrenthold, Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman on the inside story of how the Clintons built a $2 billion global empire. Homo economicus slouches toward retirement: Sarah Burnside reviews Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner? A Story About Women and Economics by Katrine Marcal. In a stunning discovery that overturns decades of textbook teaching, researchers have determined that the brain is directly connected to the immune system by vessels previously thought not to exist. Edward Schlosser: “I’m a liberal professor, and my liberal students terrify me”. Tackling social engineering through play: Ruth Graham interviews Mary Flanagan, who creates “research-driven games for social impact”. Bill Gates wants kids to do something he never did: Graduate from college. For the love of God, rich people, stop giving Harvard money.