[BLOG] Some Saturday links
- Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes the discovery of activity on distant comet
C/2017 K2. - Centauri Dreams notes a new proposal for an orbital telescope that could detect Earth-like worlds at Alpha Centauri A and B.
- D-Brief notes a new research finding that chimpanzees can learn to use tools on their own, without teaching.
- Dangerous Minds notes the interesting Detroit character of Gundella, the Green Witch of Detroit.
- Language Log tries to decipher some garbled Hebrew at an American wedding.
- The LRB Blog looks at the continued aftershocks, social and otherwise, from the recent earthquake in Mexico.
- Marginal Revolution argues that North Korea is set to become more China’s problem than the United States’.
- Roads and Kingdoms notes the simple pleasures of soy milk in China.
- Seriously Science notes a study looking at the different factors in the personalities of cats.
- Towleroad notes the recent discovery of an antibody effective against 99% or so variants of HIV.
- Window on Eurasia argues Russian politics play a central role in getting Russophones in Ukraine to become Ukrainian.
Written by Randy McDonald
September 30, 2017 at 1:00 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences
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