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Weekly, 9th ed.
Updated on Nov. 30, 2015
1. Gut Thinking: The Surprising Ways Food Controls Your Mind
• There are strange forces at work behind our food desires.
• You’ve just had a healthy lunch, but the doughnuts next to your desk are winking at you.
• And you know that you won’t be able to get on with your day until you have it.
2. Into the Twilight Zone: Beyond Pluto
• Pluto probe embarks on its final mission.
• Gliding ever deeper into the wilderness, the New Horizons probe is set for one final hurrah before it falls silent.
3. Chip Off the Old Block: Super Silicon Bros
• Silicon is dead. Long live super silicon!
• Our electronic devices rely on it, but silicon is deeply flawed.
• When it comes to solar panels, silicon’s prospects look even dimmer because it is not good at absorbing light.
4. Pluto, King of the Ice Zombies
• Our favourite dwarf planet hints at an outer solar system full of frozen yet active worlds.
• Far from being frozen solid, a circulatory system of slush might be keeping Pluto frosty but undead.
5. That’s No Moon: Moon Could Be a Planet Under New Definition
• In 2006, the International Astronomical Union (IAU) adopted a definition for a planet as being more or less a
round, and massive enough to have accreted or flung away objects in its orbital neighbourhood. So…
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The Curse of Yarumal: Alzheimer’s arrived by conquistador
Wild beavers are making a splash
Super-recognisers pinpoint strangers
Vol.228,
Cancer or not? Let’s ask that pigeon
No.3048, November, 2015
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1. Paris: A Long Twilight Struggle
• September 11. Madrid. 7/7. Mumbai. And now Paris. On Friday the 13th.
• The November 13 attacks in Paris were shocking, but don’t expect them to mark the end of a war that began almost
a decade and a half ago.
2. Return of the Dictators: Egypt and the Arab Spring Countries
• The hopes of the Arab Spring are dashed, and Egypt is again setting the standard for oppression in the region.
• People don’t have a great deal of choice today – They see it as a choice between a military regime or an Islamic
one.
3. The Fort Knox of Food: Semen, Seeds and A Prayer
• In the bowels of an unassuming building in the Colorado Front Range is a vast library material that could keep
humanity thriving for centuries to come.
4. India: The Holy Cow Vigilantes
• Muslims are being killed over beef, and India’s credibility is at stake – along with a $10 billion industry.
• Last year, India, which is 80 percent Hindu, emerged as the largest beef exporter in the world.
5. New World – COP21: Matter of the Earth
• The climate talks convening in the City of Light this month could be the planet’s last chance at survival.
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The Weather Channel-Changer
Green Smoke Screen
Underwater Desert
Losing his Religion – Ayad Akhtar’s Disgraced
Even Elephants Retire in Florida
Vol.165, No.19, November, 2015
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1. World War ISIS: The Fight Against ISIS
• The war against the terror group requires the kind of leadership that has gone missing.
• Whatever the world has been doing about ISIS, it is not working.
• France’s assimilation challenge.
• Encryption: Can Silicon Valley help?
• What comes next, and how do we handle it?
2. The Affordable College Act
• In 2010, President Obama tackled the student debt crisis.
• Can America afford this approach to solving student debt?
3. Man vs. Bug: The Man Who Brought Down Volkswagen
• The West Virginia engineer who discovered VW’s emissions cheating has a new project.
• It shows how a tiny lab busted a giant automaker – and what it shows about the future of cheating.
4. Cleared For Takeoff: A Tale of Two Airlines
• It’s Alaska Airlines vs. Delta in a battle for Seattle. What is at stake? Only the future of air travel.
• Which carrier wins could change the way you fly – no matter where you are headed.
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25 Best Inventions of 2015
Holiday Preview: Movies, Music, Books
Why the world cries more for the City of Light?
Toys that aim to help train a new generation of engineers
The Donald Trump mean-O-meter
Vol.186, No.22-23,
Explainer: Medication Myths
November, 2015
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1. Droits de l’enfant: exprime-toi!
• À quelle occasion peux-tu prendre la parole?
• À l’école, dans ta ville, mais aussi dans ta famille, et toujours dans le respect de la parole des autres.
2. C’est quoi, les droits de l’enfant?
• Il y a 26 ans, le 20 novembre 1989, la Convention internationale des droitsde l’enfant a été adoptée?
• Depuis, les enfants sont de mieux en mieux entourés et protégés.
3. Comment accompagner les enfants handicapés dans leur scolarité?
• Tous les enfants ont le droit d’aller à l’école.
• Désormais, 260 000 enfants handicapés suivent leur scolarité dans des écloes.
4. Les enfant réfugiés ont des droits!
• Depuis le début de l’année, tous les jours, 700 enfants arrivent en Europe par bateau ou à pied.
• Les enfants sont les premiers secours, car ils sont les plus fragiles!
5. Autres sujets intéressants
• Au cinéma cette semaine
• T’as vu ma frimousse?
• La légende de James Bond
No.91, novembre, 2015
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1. Pourquoi des terroristes ont-ils attaqué PARIS!
• Comment peut-on devenir à ce point inhumain?
• Qui sont ces individus qui ont basculé dans le terrorisme?
2. Attentats de Paris
• Ces attentats du 13 novembre sont les plus meurtriers.
• Pourquoi la France?
3. Comment la France se défend-elle?
• Sur son territoire, pour protéger les Français.
• En Syrie, pour frapper les terroristes.
4. Questions et Réponses!
• Comment cet attentat a-t-il pu arrive?
• C’est quoi un attentat?
5. Autres sujets intéressants
• Un dossier spécial « attentats »
• Solidarité dans le monde entier
• Comment en parler?
No.92, novembre, 2015
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