[BLOG] Some Saturday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO shares photos of Scarborough's motel-heavy Kingston Road.


• Centauri Dreams features an essay by one Nick Nielsen putting forth a typology of theoretical starships.


• The Dragon's Gaze links to one paper analyzing the albedos of hot superearths and to another paper that measured the diameter of superearth Kepler 93b to within 120 kilometers.


• The Dragon's Tales links to one paper noting that genetic evidence seems to suggest multiple waves of migrants from Africa and another noting that the mission planners for the New Horizons Pluto probe are looking very late for a Kuiper belt object for their probe to study.


• Eastern Approaches follows the Ukrainian elections.


• Marginal Revolution's Tyler Cowen suggests that the BJP may have the credibility necessary to strike a deal with Pakistan.


• Progressive Download's John Farrell notes concern for egg donors as cloning technologies which make use of human ova advance.


• The Russian Demographics blog notes that the annexation of Crimea by Russia, combined with the secessions of Donetsk and Luhansk, would see the Ukrainian population shrink.


• Towleroad links to an essay at Out by a man talking about his choice to make use of Truvada to prevent HIV infection.


• The Volokh Conspiracy notes a sad legal dispute between the parents of a deceased man over the division of his ashes.


• Window on Eurasia suggests that eastern Ukrainian separatists are trying to encourage separatism from the top down, and notes Russian tensions with the Crimean Tatar leadership.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell notes the ideological and generational divides within UKIP.