[BLOG] Some Tuesday links
- The Big Picture looks at the uses of oil barrels around the world.
- blogTO wonders if the Annex is ready for a condo boom.
- Centauri Dreams features a guest post from Andrew Lepage noting how odd spectra on Mars were misidentified as proof of life.
- Crooked Timber notes a student occupation of the University of Amsterdam’s headquarters.
- Discover‘s The Crux makes a poor argument that space probe visits to Pluto and Ceres will lead to the redefinition of these worlds as planets.
- The Dragon’s Gaze looks at an odd pulsating hot subdwarf B star with a brown dwarf.
- The Dragon’s Tales suggests chemical mechanisms for life on Titan, and explains the differences in water plumes between Europa and Enceladus.
- A Fistful of Euros notes political conflict in Germany.
- Discover‘s Inkfist notes that birds from harsher climates are smarters.
- Joe. My. God. shares Madonna’s critique of ageism.
- Languages of the World examines the genesis of the English language.
- Marginal Revolution notes Japanese funerals for robots, suggests Facebook usage makes people less happy, and notes family formation in Europe.
- John Moyer examines punctuation.
- Steve Munro maps out routes for a Scarborough subway.
- The Planetary Society Blog looks at science on Pluto.
- pollotenchegg maps the distribution of ethnically mixed households in Ukraine.
- The Power and the Money’s Noel Maurer looks at how Panama successfully made use of price controls, and why.
- Progressive Download’s John Farrell wonders what is the rush for three-parent IVF therapy.
- Transit Toronto explains how old TTC tickets can be exchanged.
- Window on Eurasia notes the importance of Belarus for the Baltic States, notes the newly-debatable borders of the former Soviet Union, suggests Tatarstan is unhappy with Russian federalism, and looks at the small grounds for Russian-Ukrainian hostilities.
Written by Randy McDonald
March 3, 2015 at 8:02 pm
Posted in Assorted, Canada, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences, Toronto, Urban Note
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