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...trying to identify the particular pattern of brain activity that distinguishes people who are simply telling the truth from those who are resisting the temptation to lie. His findings, which are based on functional-magnetic-resonance-imaging (fMRI) data, shed light not only on the workings of the human mind but also on the controversy over using fMRI technology outside the lab in the detection of lies. (Check out a story about how to spot a liar...
...authorities in Southeast Asian countries have not been able to control the building, never mind collect taxes on the profits. But the industry is growing too big to ignore, and there are signs that it might not stay lightly regulated for much longer. Last year Malaysian forestry officials and police raided more than a dozen illegal swiftlet farms across Sarawak, a state where only two of an estimated 1,500 birdhouses have licenses. The rest contravene local wildlife-protection laws that forbid swiftlet farms in urban areas. Sarawak's once profitable industry is grounded for now. But with unflagging demand...
...skepticism about Iran's election results, fresh Iranian government resentments will now be on the table alongside old ones. Crucially, though, these grievances are unlikely to sink the talks before they get started. The issues are too important. Neither side, for that matter, has a better policy in mind. There is absolutely nothing to be gained now from writing off Obama's and Europe's policy as bound to fail...
Bearing in mind the popularity and competitive nature of online journalism, do you think print media still have a future? Chukwunwikezarramu Okumephuna, LONDON...
...Step," we observe a philandering husband from the perspective of his mistress, who thinks she is clear-eyed ("He was acting like the man he wanted to be, in hopes that he could become it") but who is actually hopelessly besotted. In another, "The Children," we go inside the mind of a cheater debating his options. Meloy leaves his ambivalence unresolved, but the story is undeniably complete. And like all of Meloy's other precise, perfectly formed stories, it could also be the beginning of a novel you couldn't put down. Both ways is, apparently, how this writer gets...