[BLOG] Some Wednesday links

[rfmcdonald]

• Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes that the galaxy's stores of star-forming gas are running low, here.


• Centauri Dreams notes the next generation of gravitational wave detectors could detect exoplanets, massive worlds orbiting binary white dwarfs.


• The Crux reports on what is known about Homo naledi.


• Karen Sternheimer at the Everyday Sociology Blog takes a look at the risks of social isolation.


• Far Outliers reports on three enclaves of Arab culture encountered by early Western explorers in 19th century East Africa.


• Gizmodo notes the steady progress made by LightSail 2 in its travel around the world.


• The Island Review shares the Phillip Miller poem "Biennale", inspired by Venice.


• Marginal Revolution looks at how the Norwegian Arctic island of Svalbard works without border controls.


• The NYR Daily notes that while America is not Rome, it thinks it is.


• Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains some oddities of Higgs bosons.


• Understanding Society's Daniel Little looks at how the Kyshtym nuclear disaster occurred.


• Window on Eurasia notes that 5% of Russian Orthodox parishes in Ukraine have defected so far to the Ukrainian church.


• Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell applies information and management theory to Brexit.

Comments

[rfmcdonald]

Thanks! I had fallen out of practice.