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Confidence Game - August 18, 2008

by Drake Bennett, Boston GlobeHow imposters like Clark Rockefeller capture our trust instantly - and why we're so eager to give it to them.
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2008/08/17/confidence_game/

Green Sahara - August 17, 2008

by Peter Gwin, Photograph by Mke Hettwer, National Geographic MagazineHow a dinosaur hunter uncovered the Sahara's strangest Stone Age graveyard.
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2008/09/green-sahara/gwin-text

The Chances Are That Gordon Brown Is A Loser - August 17, 2008

by David Smith, The GuardianMlodinow's telling central permise is that our desire for control leaves us in denial about how important randomness is.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2008/aug/17/scienceandnature?gusrc=rss&feed=books