[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
- Citizen Science Salon links to some ongoing crowdsourced experiments that non-scientists can take part in.
- The LRB Blog reports on the return of Newt Gingrich to the American political scene.
- The NYR Daily compares Donald Trump to a 19th century counterpart, Andrew Jackson.
- Roads and Kingdoms reports on the now rather different cocaine problem of Medellín, Colombia.
- Starts with a Bang’s Ethan Siegel reports on a paper suggesting potential problems with gravitational observatory LIGO.
- Towleroad notes a recent sharp drop in new HIV diagnoses in the United Kingdom, thanks to treatment and PrEP.
- Window on Eurasia reports on projected long-run economic decline in Russia, argues about the potential for instability in Tatarstan, and reports on Belarusianization.
- Arnold Zwicky describes Silver Age Rainbow Batman and his later pride appearances.
Written by Randy McDonald
June 28, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences
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