[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• blogTO notes underground constructions, from subways to roads, which never took off.


• Centauri Dreams suggests that an analysis of KIC 8462852 which claimed the star had dimmed sharply over the previous century is incorrect.


• The Dragon's Gaze looks at the greenhouse effect of water vapour in exoplanets and wonders if carbon monoxide detection precludes life.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the economic radicalism of early Marvel.


• Marginal Revolution argues China's financial system should remain disconnected from the wider world's so as to avoid capital flight.


• The Numerati reacts to the recent snowstorm.


• Personal Reflections examines Australia Day.


• The Planetary Society Blog depicts an astronomer tracking a comet.


• The Russian Demographics Blog notes that Ukraine now hosts one million refugees.


• Towleroad notes that gay refugees are now getting separate housing in Germany.


• Window on Eurasia talks about the worrying popularity of Chechnya's Kadyrov and suggests that when the money runs out Russia's regions will go their separate ways.