Shorts: All over the place

• Jerry Fodor and Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini are questioning whether natural selection is capable of producing symbol-manipulators or language. Babel's Dawn reviewed the book.


• Steven Novella calls attention to an economic study of early 20th century snake oil.


• Machines Like Us reports on a study linking General Intelligence to specific well-connected regions of the frontal and parietal lobes.


• Plans are in the works for an Eddie Condon documentary, according to Jazz Lives.