[BLOG] Some Saturday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes the discovery of activity on distant comet
  C/2017 K2.


• Centauri Dreams notes a new proposal for an orbital telescope that could detect Earth-like worlds at Alpha Centauri A and B.


• D-Brief notes a new research finding that chimpanzees can learn to use tools on their own, without teaching.


• Dangerous Minds notes the interesting Detroit character of Gundella, the Green Witch of Detroit.


• Language Log tries to decipher some garbled Hebrew at an American wedding.


• The LRB Blog looks at the continued aftershocks, social and otherwise, from the recent earthquake in Mexico.


• Marginal Revolution argues that North Korea is set to become more China's problem than the United States'.


• Roads and Kingdoms notes the simple pleasures of soy milk in China.


• Seriously Science notes a study looking at the different factors in the personalities of cats.


• Towleroad notes the recent discovery of an antibody effective against 99% or so variants of HIV.


• Window on Eurasia argues Russian politics play a central role in getting Russophones in Ukraine to become Ukrainian.