[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

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• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares a photo taken by the Lunar Reconnaissane Observer looking straight down on Chang'e-4.


• The Crux shares an argument for preserving the Apollo landing areas as part of the common heritage of humanity.


• D-Brief, looking at ancient evidence from Sri Lanka, suggests human beings evolved as hunters of smaller primates like monkeys.


• JSTOR Daily notes the evidence suggesting the limited potential of wildlife to adapt to heat waves.


• Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the racial tonedeafness of Bernie Sanders.


• The LRB Blog takes a look at qanats, the ingenious Persian underground irritation system that has spread worldwide.


• Marginal Revolution considers what Singapore will do with its sovereign investment fund, estimated to be worth at least a half-trillion US dollars.


• Window on Eurasia considers the effects that a merger of Belarus with Russia might have on Russia's own federal units.


• Arnold Zwicky notes the fun that others have had with puns on Vladimir and Estragon.