Guest Thinkers — July 8, 2011

A Lawyer’s Advice for Reporters Covering Rape Trials

Attorney Jill Filipovic has a terrific primer for reporters covering rape cases. Her post was inspired by this story in Mother Jones about the Jamie Leigh Jones/KBR rape case. Jones alleges that she was gang raped while working for KBR in Iraq.

Last year, Megan Carpentier wrote a bracing debunking of KBR’s spin in RH Reality Check, her piece well worth revisiting.

[Photo credit: Phil Roeder, Creative Commons. This is a photo of the U.S. Supreme Court, which doesn’t try rape cases, but I like the image.]

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Neuropsych

Does the body really “keep the score” of trauma?

Some neuroscientists question whether the body can “keep score” of anything in a meaningful way.

Life

Nematodes survive 46,000 years on ice

These nematodes complicate how we understand evolutionary lineages.

A group of people demonstrating the 'culture of agility' by standing in the shape of an arrow.

Business

How to create a “culture of agility”

A company can only be as agile as its least flexible team — here’s how to make an effective framework for decision-making.

Perception Box

Meet the woman who wants to change the way you think about sex

MakeLoveNotPorn founder Cindy Gallop says women need to stop giving a damn what people think.

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pulsar orbiting a low-mass star in an X-ray binary system

Starts With A Bang

Pulsars murder their companion stars, X-rays reveal

Nearly half of all stars are born in binary systems, with the most massive ones dying the fastest. It's not pretty for the "second" star.

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