One of America’s greatest novelists, Philip Roth died this week, aged 85. From 1959’s Goodbye, Columbus to 2010’s Nemesis, 13 acclaimed writers including William Boyd, David Baddiel, Linda Grant and Joyce Carol Oates pick their favourite workI fell in love with Neil Klugman, forerunner to Portnoy...
New NFL rules: teams face fines if players kneel during national anthem
Players can choose to stay in locker room during anthemProtests caused chaos for league over last two seasonsPlayers union unhappy with league’s new policyNFL owners have issued new guidelines that will see teams fined if their players or staff do not show appropriate “respect” for the national...
Las Vegas casino workers vote for first mass strike in more than 30 years
Culinary Union represents 25,000 members at 34 casino-resortsWide range of staff involved but not croupiers and poker dealersLas Vegas casinos could watch tens of thousands of employees walk off the job for the first time in more than three decades after union members voted to authorize a strike...

Trilobites: The Thing Inside Your Cells That Might Determine How Long You Live
You may have forgotten about the nucleolus since you took biology class, but scientists think this structure inside every cell in your body may play an important role in aging. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/20/science/nucleolus-cells-aging.html?partner=rss

Disruptions: Me and My Numb Thumb: A Tale of Tech, Texts and Tendons
Continually texting and emailing from her smartphone strained the tendons in this tech reporter’s phone thumb, which turns out to be an increasingly common condition. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/technology/smartphone-overuse-numb-thumb.html?partner=rss
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