How do you write well about a subject when you already know what you think about it?
Ed Burns and David Simon, the writers of The Wire, have written a new series, Generation Kill, about the Iraq war. It's based on Rolling Stone journalist Evan Wright's bestselling book about Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Burns is resolutely anti-war, but he tells the New Statesman,
'If you start empathising with the characters you'll find they do things that conflict with your ideology. That is good storytelling. It unsettles you.'
Woman scanned her brain 75 times to see how birth control changes it
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A neuroscientist underwent dozens of brain scans over three months to
better understand the neurological effects of hormonal contraceptives
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