[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• At Antipope, Charlie Stross starts a discussion about the consequences of satellites getting knocked down. How would a newly satellite-less world cope?


• Centauri Dreams looks at red dwarfs and the challenges of their potentially habitable exoplanets.


• The Dragon's Gaze considers ways to detect the spectral signatures of rocky impacts on young stars.


• The Dragon's Tales considers why nuking Mars in the aim of terraforming will not work.


• Language Hat considers languages with royal and commoner registers.


• Languages of the World starts a consideration of the links between genes and history and language.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the popularity of Planned Parenthood.


• Marginal Revolution thinks the added pollution from the Volkswagen fraud had a trivial negative effect.


• pollotenchegg maps Russian language use in 1926 Ukraine.