[NEWS] Some Friday links

[rfmcdonald]

• io9 shares wonderful illustrations of Titan's methane showlines.


• The Atlantic Cities notes that the coastline of Louisiana is receding so quickly mapmakers are hard-pressed to keep up.


• BusinessWeek wonders how great cities, like New York City or Rome, reconcile change and tradition.


• Christianity Today features a Philip Jenkins article noting that the origins and alliances of the Crimean crisis can be traced back at least as far as the Crimean War.


• Ha'aretz notes that Israelis are moving to Tel Aviv, abandoning peripheral areas (with large Arab population) like Galilee and the Negev.


• MacLean's that condo construction is set to boom in Toronto.


• Tablet Magazine notes that Crimea, immediately after the Second World War, was positioned as a potential homeland for Soviet Jews.


• According to Time, changes in Canadian immigration law may be discouraging rich Chinese immigrants.


• Universe Today notes that China's Yutu moon rover can't properly move its solar panels.