[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Jan. 28th, 2016 02:10 pm- 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.