[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Citizen Science Salon links to some ongoing crowdsourced experiments that non-scientists can take part in.


• The LRB Blog reports on the return of Newt Gingrich to the American political scene.


• The NYR Daily compares Donald Trump to a 19th century counterpart, Andrew Jackson.


• Roads and Kingdoms reports on the now rather different cocaine problem of Medellín, Colombia.


• Starts with a Bang's Ethan Siegel reports on a paper suggesting potential problems with gravitational observatory LIGO.


• Towleroad notes a recent sharp drop in new HIV diagnoses in the United Kingdom, thanks to treatment and PrEP.


• Window on Eurasia reports on projected long-run economic decline in Russia, argues about the potential for instability in Tatarstan, and reports on Belarusianization.


• Arnold Zwicky describes Silver Age Rainbow Batman and his later pride appearances.

Comments

[mmcirvin]

Gingrich never really went away. He's like a persistent fungal infection.