• COVER: Does Temperament Matter? - Call it reflexes in a crisis. Or instincts under pressure. The qualities that a President needs to succeed are both essential and elusive • BUSINESS: The Economy Really Is Fundamentally Strong - John McCain's "gaffe" wasn't really wrong: the U.S. economy will dip, but it should come back • SCIENCE: Mars: Pop. 6 - No gridlock yet, but traffic on the Red Planet is getting heavier • PEOPLE: 10 Questions for Queen Latifah - The actress and rapper stars in The Secret Life of Bees, currently playing. Queen Latifah will now take your questions
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The Economist is an English-language weekly news and international affairs publication owned by The Economist Newspaper Ltd and edited in London. Continuous publication began under founder James Wilson in September 1843.
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Added by: Maria | Karma: 3098.81 | Periodicals, Science literature | 30 October 2008
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Putting Thoughts into Action: Implants Tap the Thinking Brain Researchers are decoding the brain to give a voice and a hand to the paralyzed—and to learn how it controls our movements By Alan S. Brown
Five Ways Brain Scans Mislead Us Colorful scans have lulled us into an oversimplified conception of the brain as a modular machine By Michael Shermer
Never Say Die: Why We Can't Imagine Death Why so many of us think our minds continue on after we die By Jesse Bering
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