The Original Macro

from WIRED The Puzzle of How Large-Scale Order Emerges in Complex Systems With a new framework, researchers believe they could be close to explaining how regularities emerge on macro scales out of systems made up of uncountable constituent parts. by Philip Ball CLIP:...

Dr. Ruth Gone

from The New York Times Ruth Westheimer, the Sex Guru Known as Dr. Ruth, Dies at 96 Ruth Westheimer, the grandmotherly psychologist who as “Dr. Ruth” became America’s best-known sex counselor with her frank, funny radio and television programs, died on Friday at her...

Mystery Sleepidemic

from Metro An epidemic caused people to fall asleep for months – we still don’t know why by Katherine Fidler A ‘sleepy sickness’ patient (Picture: Wellcome Library) One hundred years ago, across the world, people were falling asleep uncontrollably. Not from a hard...

Shelley Duvall At Peace

from The Mercury News Shelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining,’ ‘Nashville,’ dies at 75 She starred in several Robert Altman films, including “Thieves Like Us,” “Nashville, “Popeye,” “Three Women” and “McCabe & Ms. Miller” By Jake Coyle | Associated Press Shelley...