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[BLOG] Some Thursday links
- Bad Astronomy notes how the occultation of distant stars by nearby asteroids can help astronomers determine stars’ size.
- D-Brief notes the remarkable achievements of some scientists in reviving the brains of pigs hours after their death.
- Dangerous Minds takes a look at how David Bowie got involved in The Man Who Fell To Earth.
- Dead Things looks at the recent identification of the late Cretaceous dinosaur Gobihadros.
- Bruce Dorminey notes that astronomers have determined an interstellar meteorite likely hit the Earth in 2014.
- Gizmodo reports on a very dim L-dwarf star 250 light-years away, ULAS J224940.13−011236.9, that experienced a massive flare. How did it do it?
- Hornet Stories shares some vintage photos of same-sex couples from generations ago being physically affectionate.
- At The Island Review, Nancy Forde writes about motherhood and her experience on Greenland, in the coastal community of Ilulissat.
- JSTOR Daily notes how Paris’ Notre-Dame has always been in a process of recreation.
- Erik Loomis at Lawyers, Guns, and Money notes the continuing oppression of workers in Bangladesh.
- The LRB Blog notes the flaws in the defense, and in the political thinking, of Julian Assange. (Transparency is not enough.)
- The NYR Daily reports on how photographer Claudia Andujar has regarded the Yanomami as they face existential challenges.
- The Planetary Society Blog traces the crash of Beresheet on the Moon to a software conflict.
- Ilya Somin at the Volokh Conspiracy warns against the idea of inevitable moral progress.
- Window on Eurasia notes the desires of some Russian conservatives to see Russia included in a European Union dominated by neo-traditionalists.
Written by Randy McDonald
April 18, 2019 at 3:52 pm
Posted in Assorted, Demographics, Economics, History, Politics, Popular Culture, Science, Social Sciences
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