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rfmcdonald) wrote2015-01-23 02:23 pm
rfmcdonald) wrote2015-01-23 02:23 pm
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- anthropology,
- astronomy,
- blogs,
- caucasus,
- central asia,
- chinese language,
- crime,
- diasporas,
- enceladus,
- former soviet union,
- glbt issues,
- holidays,
- ireland,
- links,
- marriage rights,
- oceans,
- popular literature,
- russia,
- saturn,
- science fiction,
- social sciences,
- south caucasus,
- space science,
- space travel,
- turkmenistan,
- united states,
- william gibson
[BLOG] Some Friday links
- Centauri Dreams considers the perhaps implausible magnetic sail.
- Crooked Timber looks at William Gibson's new novel, The Peripheral.
- The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper suggesting that half of all red dwarf stars might host Earth-like or super-Earth-like planets.
- D-Brief looks at the latest findings from Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
- Joe. My. God. notes Irish same-sex marriage activists turning to their Irish-American counterparts.
- Language Log considers the distinction, in official Chinese, between "accident" and "incident".
- The Planetary Society Blog considers the dynamics of the geysers and subsurface ocean of Enceladus.
- Savage Minds notes that the 17th of February is national anthropology day.
- Towleroad notes that Scotland has hosted its first pagan same-sex wedding.
- The Volokh Conspiracy notes an odd dispute, one parent suing another for writing a book about their moderately famous autistic son.
- Window on Eurasia notes Russia's proposal to try a Russian soldier accused of murdering an Armenian family in a Russian court in Armenia, and points to armed unrest in Turkmenistan.