[BLOG] Some Thursday links

[rfmcdonald]

• D-Brief notes a new study examining the evolution of giant planets.


• Cody Delistraty has a nice essay about the power of coincidence in the human mind.


• Dead Things reports on the possible discovery of hominin remains in China dating from 2.2 million years ago.


• Language Hat notes the discovery of an ancient tablet in Greece dating from the 3rd century CE containing the earliest extract of The Odyssey so far found.


• Language Log notes the importance of the language skills of a multilingual teen in leading to the rescue of the boys trapped in a Thai cave.


• Tyler Cowen at Marginal Revolution imagines what friendship would be like in a world of telepathy.


• The Planetary Society Blog's Jason Davis shares images taken by the Hayabusa2 probe of the asteroid Ryugu.


• At Spacing, John Lorinc notes how the Ford government's opposition to the clean energy policies of Wynne may well lead to the return of noticeable air pollution.


• Window on Eurasia reports on Russian government actions intended to suppress what seems to be the spectre of separatism in Kaliningrad.