rfmcdonald | Entries tagged with jupiter

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes a new image showing the sheer density of events in the core of our galaxy.

Centauri Dreams notes the discovery of 2MASS 0249 c, a planet-like object that distantly orbits a pair of low-mass brown dwarfs.

D-Brief notes the discovery of many new moons of Jupiter, bringing the total up to 79.

Far Outliers looks at the appeasement practiced by the Times of London in the 1930s.

The Frailest Thing's L.M. Sacasas contrasts roots with anchors.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the controversy surrounding surviving honours paid to Franco in Spain.

The LRB Blog looks at how the question of Macedonia continues to be a threatening issue in the politics of Greece.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer suggests the new Mexican president is trying to create a new political machine, one that can only echo the more far-reaching and unrestrained one of PRI.

Frank Jacobs at Strange Maps looks at the shifting alliances of different Asian countries with China and the United States.

Window on Eurasia reports on the Russian reactions to a recent Politico Europe report describing Estonia's strategies for resisting a Russian invasion in depth.

Anthrodendum recommends design researcher Jan Chipchase's Field Study Handbook for anthropologists interested in field practice.

Architectuul investigates strange similarities between buildings built in far-removed parts of the world.

Centauri Dreams takes a look at TESS, the next generation of exoplanet-hunting satellite.

Crooked Timber investigates the connections between the spiritualism of the 19th century and the fiction of the uncanny.

D-Brief notes the many names, often delightful, that newly-discovered locations on Mercury and Charon have received.

Cody Delistraty investigates two exhibitions of French satirists, including Charlie Hedo's Georges Wolinski, to examine the nature of satire.

The Dragon's Tales considers the possibility of cryomagna leaving marks on the surface of Europa.

Drew Ex Machina takes a look at the strangely alien skies of TRAPPIST-1e. What would its sun look like? How would the other planets appear?

The Everyday Sociology Blog takes a look at the new prominence of multigenerational households in the United States. While a response to economic strains, it also looks back to past traditions.

Hornet Stories notes how, on RuPaul's Drag Race, Monet X Change gave a decent explanation behind the surprisingly recent birth of the modern British accent.

Imageo notes how a massive blob of warm water is rising to the surface of the Pacific.

At In A State of Migration, Lyman Stone explores the unique population history of Maine, to my eyes easily the most Atlantic Canadian of the fifty American states.

JSTOR Daily links to a paper exploring why modern video games can produce such rewarding experiences for players. (We can get meaning from many places.)

Language Log takes a look at the complexity of Chinese language classifications with a song by Yishi Band. What exactly is Yibin Sichuanese?

Lawyers, Guns and Money takes a look at an interesting question: When did Jews in the United States become white?

The LRB Blog takes a look at the baffling reasons behind the poisoning of the Skribins with Novichok, and the science behind it.

Marginal Revolution notes that this year, GDP per capita measured at PPP in Spain is higher than in Italy. (This probably says more about the disarray in Italy.)

The NYR Daily shares an interesting interview with cartoonist Art Spiegelman.

Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw tells of his experiences on a trip to the small Australian city of Armidale, in the region of New England.

Justin Petrone reflects on the tidy and clean, minimalist even, rural landscape of Estonia.

Progressive Download's John Farrell notes brain scans that provide evidence of consciousness even in very young infants.

Drew Rowsome praises the Toronto production of the musical Fun Home, based on the Alison Bechdel graphic novel. I, for one, can't wait to see it.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel notes that, although Proxima Centauri is far too active a star for Proxima Centauri b to be Earth-like, that world could still plausibly host life-supporting environments.

Ilya Somin at the Volokh Conspiracy suggests a recent deal at the federal level in the US between Trump and Cory Gardner has created space for states to legalize marijuana without fear of federal intervention.

'Nathan Burgoine at Apostrophen links to a giveaway of paranormal LGBT fiction.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares some stunning photos of Jupiter provided by Juno.

The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly looks at the desperate, multi-state strike of teachers in the United States. American education deserves to have its needs, and its practitioners' needs, met.

Centauri Dreams looks at PROCSIMA, a strategy for improving beamed propulsion techniques.

Crooked Timber looks at the history of the concept of the uncanny valley. How did the concept get translated in the 1970s from Japan to the wider world?

Dangerous Minds shares a 1980s BBC interview with William Burroughs.

The Dragon's Tales links to a paper tracing the origin of the Dravidian language family to a point in time 4500 years ago.

JSTOR Daily notes Phyllis Wheatley, a freed slave who became the first African-American author in the 18th century but who died in poverty.

Language Hat notes the exceptional importance of the Persian language in early modern South Asia.

Language Log looks at the forms used by Chinese to express the concepts of NIMBY and NIMBYism.

Language Hat notes the exceptional importance of the Persian language in early modern South Asia.

The NYR Daily notes that, if the United States junks the nuclear deal with Iran, nothing external to Iran could realistically prevent the country's nuclearization.

The Planetary Society Blog looks at the latest findings from the Jupiter system, from that planet's planet-sized moons.

Roads and Kingdoms notes that many Rohingya, driven from their homeland, have been forced to work as mules in the illegal drug trade.

Starts With A Bang considers how early, based on elemental abundances, life could have arisen after the Big Bang. A date only 1 to 1.5 billion years after the formation of the universe is surprisingly early.

Strange Maps' Frank Jacobs notes how the centre of population of different tree populations in the United States has been shifting west as the climate has changed.

Understanding Society's Daniel Little takes a look at mechanisms and causal explanations.

Worthwhile Canadian Initiative's Frances Woolley takes a look at an ECON 1000 test from the 1950s. What biases, what gaps in knowledge, are revealed by it?

Kambiz Kamrani at Anthropology.net notes that the more Neanderthal DNA gets sequenced, the more we know of this population's history.

Anthro{dendum} takes a look at anthropologists who use their knowledge and their access to other cultures for purposes of espionage.

Crooked Timber tackles the question of immigration from another angle: do states have the authority to control it, for starters?

Dangerous Minds shares a fun video imagining Netflix as it might have existed in 1995.

The Everyday Sociology Blog considers how the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico is an instance of American state failure.

The Frailest Thing's L.M. Sacasas considers is vows to abandon Facebook are akin to a modern-day vow of poverty.

JSTOR Daily looks at Queer Eye for the Straight Guy and why it still matters.

Language Log considers the naming practices of new elements like Nihonium.

Lawyers, Guns and Money suggests that, based on the stagnation of average incomes in the US as GDP has growth, capitalism can be said to have failed.

Lingua Franca considers the origin of the phrase "bad actor."

Marginal Revolution links to a paper suggesting that the American opioid epidemic is not simply driven by economic factors.

The NYR Daily considers how Poland's new history laws do poor service to a very complicated past.

Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw has an interesting post examining the settlement of Australisa's inland "Channel Country" by cattle stations, chains to allow herds to migrate following the weather.

The Planetary Science Blog's Emily Lakdawalla takes a look at the latest science on famously volcanic Io.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel examines how the Milky Way Galaxy is slowly consuming its neighbours, the Small and Large Magellanic Clouds.

At Anthropology.net, Kambiz Kamrani notes the Qesem caves of Israel, where four hundred thousand years ago hominids learned to make tools.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes that star S2 is about to plunge to its closest approach to Sagittarius A*, the black hole at the heart of our galaxy, and what this means for science.

Centauri Dreams takes a look at research done on Earth about the atmospheres of super-Earths.

D-Brief takes a look at the recent research done on the regions on the edges of supermassive black holes.

Bruce Dorminey notes that the Juno science team thinks that Jupiter probe has exceeded expectations.

The Dragon's Tales notes the evidence for a massive migration from the steppes into Europe circa 3300 BCE.

The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas makes the argument that the idea of humane technology is something of an oxymoron.

Imageo notes evidence that permafrost will melt more quickly than previous predicted under the impact of global warming.

JSTOR Daily looks at explanations for the unusually strong activism among high school students in East Los Angeles in the 1960s.

Language Hat looks at evidence for the close relationship, in vocabulary and even in grammar, between the Turkish and Western Armenian languages now separated by bad blood.

Lingua Franca notes how easy it is to change conventions on language use--like pronouns, say--at a well-functioning institution.

Marginal Revolution looks at the economic progress made, after a recent lull, by Ghana.

The NYR Daily looks at the growing involvement of the United States in small wars in Africa, starting with Niger and Cameroon.

Justin Petrone at north! reports on a family visit to his ancestral home of Bari, seeing what little remains of the past there.

Peter Rukavina wonders, apropos of a very successful experience shopping online at Amazon, how anyone else will be able to compete.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel considers the difference between mathematics and physics. Where is the line to be drawn?

Strange Maps' Frank Jacobs maps obesity in the United States and in Europe.

Towleroad reports on the apparent interest of actor Cynthia Nixon in becoming governor of New York.

John Scalzi at Whatever is a big fan of A Wrinkle in Time, a movie that is not perfect but is still quite good. I'm curious to see it myself.

Window on Eurasia reports on food riots in isolated Turkmenistan.

The Buzz, over at the Toronto Public Library, recommends some audiobooks, here.

Centauri Dreams features an essay, by Kostas Konstantindis, exploring how near-future technology could be used to explore the oceans of Europa and Enceladus for life.

Far Outliers takes a look at the many languages used in Persia circa 500 BCE.

Hornet Stories notes that Fox News has retracted a bizarrely homophobic op-ed on the Olympics by one of its executives.

JSTOR Daily explores what is really involved in the rumours of J. Edgar Hoover and cross-dressing.

Language Hat, in exploring Zadie Smith, happens upon the lovely word "cernuous".

Lawyers, Guns and Money links to an article, and starts a discussion, regarding the possibility of a North Korean victory early in the Korean War. What would have happened next?

The NYR Daily notes that Donald Trump is helping golf get a horrible reputation.

Supernova Condensate examines the science-fiction trope of artificial intelligence being dangerous, and does not find much substance behind the myth. If anything, the direction of the fear should lie in the other direction.

Understanding Society's Daniel Little looks at two books which consider the origins of the Cold War from an international relations perspective. What were the actors trying to achieve?

Window on Eurasia makes the argument that the powerful clan structures of post-Soviet Dagestan are not primordial in origin, but rather represent attempts to cope with state failure in that Russian republic.

Yorkshire Ranter Alex Harrowell looks at the existential problems facing Capita from a Coasian perspective. How is its business model fundamentally broken?

Arnold Zwicky, in taking apart an overcorrection, explains the differences between "prone" and "supine."

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait takes a look at how contemporary lunar probes are prospecting for ice deposits on the dry Moon.

Centauri Dreams notes new models for the evolution of the orbit of the early Moon, and how this could well have influence the environment of the young Earth.

Crooked Timber takes issue with the idea that sponsoring women's entrepreneurship, rooted in the belief that women are limited by their income, is enough to deal with deeper gender inequity.

D-Brief notes that a brain implant--specifically, one making use of deep brain stimulation--actually can significantly improve memory in implantees.

Gizmodo notes that extrasolar objects like 'Oumuamua may well have played a significant role in interstellar panspermia, introducing life from one system to another.

At In A State of Migration, Lyman Stone does the work and finds out that the Amish are not, in fact, destined to eventually repopulate the US, that despite high fertility rates Amish fertility rates have consistently fell over time, influenced by external issues like the economy.

JSTOR Daily has a thought-provoking essay taking a look at the feedback loops between envy and social media. Does social media encourage too narrow a realm of human achievements to be valued?

Language Hat notes a new book, Giorgio Van Straten's In Search of Lost Books, noting all those texts which once existed but have since gone missing.

Lawyers, Guns and Money, noting the strongly negative reaction to Katie Roiphe's essay in Harper's against feminism, takes care to note that "disagreement" is not at all the same thing as "silencing".

The NYR Daily looks at the many ways in which Sweden has been taken as a symbol for progressivism, and the reasons why some on the right look so obsessively for signs that it is failing.

At the Planetary Society Blog, Casey Dreier writes about the ways in which the Falcon Heavy, if it proves to be as inexpensive as promised, could revolutionize the exploration of (for instance) outer system ocean worlds like Europa and Enceladus.

Drew Rowsome quite likes Rumours, a performance of the famous Fleetwood Mac album of that name, at Toronto's Coal Mine Theatre.

Bloomberg notes the impending commercial introduction of DNA tests that can be used to recommend particular diets for customers.

The Gaia satellite found a vast cluster of stars hidden by our bright neighbour Sirius. Universe Today reports.

Icy worlds like Europa and Enceladus, famous for their subsurface water oceans, might have surfaces too fluffy for probes to land safely. Universe Today reports.

The introduction of driverless trucks at the Suncor tar sands developments in Alberta will save on wear and tear, but will also cost 400 jobs. The Toronto Star reports.

This claim that University of Alberta researchers have decrypted the Voynich manuscript and found it written in a variant of Hebrew seems, perhaps, optimistic. The National Post reports.

Anthropology.net notes that the discovery of an ancient Homo sapiens jawbone in Israel pushes back the history of our species by quite a bit.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares stunning photos of spiral galaxy NGC 1398.

Centauri Dreams considers the ways in which the highly reflective surface of Europa might be misleading to probes seeking to land on its surface.

The Dragon's Tales rounds up more information about extrasolar visitor 'Oumuamua.

Far Outliers considers the staggering losses, human and territorial and strategic, of Finland in the Winter War.

Hornet Stories notes preliminary plans to set up an original sequel to Call Me Be Your Name later in the 1980s, in the era of AIDS.

Russell Arben Fox at In Media Res considers if Wichita will be able to elect a Wichitan as governor of Kansas, for the first time in a while.

io9 takes a look at the interesting ways in which Star Wars and Star Trek have been subverting traditional audience assumptions about these franchises.

JSTOR Daily links to a paper examining what decision-makers in North Vietnam were thinking on the eve of the Tet offensive, fifty years ago.

The LRB Blog takes a look at a new book examining the 1984 IRA assassination attempt against Margaret Thatcher.

The Map Room Blog links to an article examining how school districts, not just electoral districts, can be products of gerrymandering.

Marginal Revolution seeks suggestions for good books to explain Canada to non-Canadians, and comes up with a shortlist of its own.

Kenan Malik at the NYR Daily takes a look at contemporary efforts to justify the British Empire as good for its subjects. Who is doing this, and why?

'Nathan Smith at Apostrophen points out that claiming to disagree with homosexuality while respecting gay people is nonsensical. https://apostrophen.wordpress.com/2018/01/11/queer-isnt-an-opinion/

Centauri Dreams notes the innovative cheap PicSat satellite, currently monitoring Beta Pictoris with its known exoplanet. https://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=39109

Corey Robin at Crooked Timber argues that Trump is shaky, weaker than American democracy. (Not that that is going that well, mind.) http://crookedtimber.org/2018/01/13/trumps-power-is-shakier-than-american-democracy/

The Crux points out the sentient, including emotions, of any number of animal species. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2018/01/11/animals-feelings-sentient/

Far Outliers notes some German commanders in western Europe who quickly surrendered to the Allies in the Second World War, and why they did that. http://faroutliers.blogspot.com/2018/01/quick-german-surrenders-in-west.html

Hornet Stories notes how a court decision dealing with a Romanian man and his American husband could lead to European Union-wide recognition of same-sex marriage. https://hornetapp.com/stories/european-union-gay-marriage/

JSTOR Daily notes how air pollution is a human rights issue. https://daily.jstor.org/why-air-pollution-is-a-socioeconomic-issue/

Language Hat notes how the use of the apostrophe in the newly Latin script-using Kazakh language is controversial. http://languagehat.com/apostrophe-catastrophe-in-kazakhstan/

Geoffrey Pullim at Lingua Franca shares a passage from Muriel Spark's fiction depicting students' reactions to learning foreign languages. https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2018/01/11/a-foreign-way-which-never-really-caught-on

The LRB Blog tells the story of Omid, an Iranian who managed to smuggle himself from his home country to a precarious life in the United Kingdom. https://www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2018/01/15/behzad-yaghmaian/omids-journey/

The Map Room Blog shares a newly-updated map of "Trumpworld" the world as seen by Donald Trump. http://www.maproomblog.com/2018/01/trumpworld/

Marginal Revolution notes research indicating that dolphins have a grasp on economics, and what this indicates about their sentience. http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/01/dolphin-capital-theory.html

The Planetary Society Blog notes how the upcoming Europa Clipper probe will be able to analyze Europa's oceans without encountering plumes of water. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/jason-davis/2018/20180111-no-plumes-no-problem.html

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer suggests that, with the declining import of informal rules in American politics, a future Democratic-majority Congress might be able to sneak through statehood for Puerto Rico and Washington D.C. http://noelmaurer.typepad.com/aab/2018/01/breaking-norms-by-adding-states.html

Rocky Planet reports on the disastrous mudflows that have hit southern California after the fires. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/rockyplanet/2018/01/12/mudflows-devastate-parts-of-southern-california/

Drew Rowsome praises new horror from Matt Ruff. http://drewrowsome.blogspot.com/2018/01/lovecraft-country-matt-ruffs-multi.html

Peter Rukavina talks about his positive experiences with a walk-in mental health clinic on the Island. https://ruk.ca/content/i-went-mental-health-walk-clinic-and-so-can-you

Strange Company talks about the bizarre 1982 disappearance of one Donald Kemp. Did he even die? http://strangeco.blogspot.com/2018/01/the-strange-exit-of-donald-kemp.html

Towleroad notes that Peter Thiel is trying to buy Gawker, perhaps to destroy its archives. http://www.towleroad.com/2018/01/gawker-peter-thiel/

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares a stunning photo of two galaxies colliding in the eternal night and considers the implications of the Milky Way's future encounter with Andromeda.

Centauri Dreams looks at the latest discoveries regarding FRB 121102 and fast radio bursts generally.

Hornet Stories suggests that a recent ruling by the Inter American Court of Human Rights sets the stage for marriage equality across Latin America.

Inkfish notes that the biomass of dead squid mothers plays a major role in the environments and ecologies of seafloors.

JSTOR Daily suggests retirees can actually learn a lot from the lifestyles of members of the RV--recreational vehicle--community.

Language Hat reports on wordplay, and its translations, in the works of Homer.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the turn to anti-intellectualism among American conservatives.

At Lingua Franca, William Germano talks about telling numbers.

The LRB Blog notes the story of the English village of Imber, intentionally depopulated by the British military during the Second World War and never allowed to be restored.

The NYR Daily talks about a London exhibition on the art of our era of terrorism and terror.

The Planetary Society Blog reports on the latest Juno discoveries from Jupiter.

Progressive Download's John Farrell reports on a debate as to whether the origin of life is a more difficult question than the origin of consciousness.

Roads and Kingdoms reports on the simple pleasures of an iced coffee enjoyed in the Australian Outback.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel U>considers an interesting question: is ours the only advanced civilization in the universe?

Understanding Society's Daniel Little tackles the concept of organizational cultures.

Window on Eurasia suggests that post-1991 immigrants from the former Soviet Union form a tenth of the Russian labour force.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares one picture of a vast galaxy cluster to underline how small our place in the universe is.

The Boston Globe's The Big Picture shares some photos of Syrian refugee families as they settle into the United States.

Centauri Dreams looks at the Dragonfly proposal for a Titan lander.

The Crux notes the exceptional vulnerability of the cultivated banana to an otherwise obscure fungus.

Bruce Dorminey notes NASA's preparation of the Clipper mission to investigate Europa.

The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas takes a look at the role of surveillance in the life of the modern student.

Hornet Stories has a nice interview of Sina Grace, author of Marvel's Iceman book.

Joe. My. God. reshared this holiday season a lovely anecdote, "Dance of the Sugar Plum Lesbians."

JSTOR Daily took a look at why Americans like dieting so much.

The LRB Blog considers the Thames Barrier, the meager protection of London against tides in a time of climate change.

The Map Room Blog notes the digitization of radar maps of Antarctica going back to the 1960s.

Marginal Revolution seems cautiously optimistic about the prospects of Morocco.
Russell Darnley at maximos62 is skeptical about the prospects of the forests of Indonesia's Riau province.

Stephanie Land at the NYR Daily talks about how she managed to combine becoming a writer with being a single mother of two young children.

Out There argues a lunar fuel depot could help support crewed interplanetary exploration.

Science Sushi notes genetic evidence the lionfish invasion of the North Atlantic off Florida began not with a single escape but with many.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel makes the argument an unmanned probe to Alpha Centauri could have significant technological spinoffs.

Supernova Condensate makes the point, apropos of nothing at all, that spaceship collisions can in fact unleash vast amounts of energy.

Window on Eurasia notes that, while Kazakhs see practical advantages to cooperation with Russia, they also see some problems.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares beautiful images of nebula Sharpless 2-29, brilliant and beautiful from the heart of our galaxy.

Centauri Dreams notes how New Horizons is maneuvering for its rendezvous with KBO MU69 on 1 January 2019.

Daily JSTOR notes how Indian schools were at once vehicles for the assimilation of American indigenous peoples and also sites for potential resistance.

Dangerous Minds shares the vintage Vampirella art of Enrique Torres-Prat.

From Tumblr, Explain It Like I'm Not From Lawrence looks at a very unusual tower in the downtown of that Kansas community.

Hornet Stories notes that PrEP is becoming available in Brazil, but only for a small subset of potential users.

Imageo notes a recent American study observing that the degree of Arctic heating is in at least two millennia.

Joe. My. God. notes that Bermuda has repealed marriage equality. I can't help but think this will not help the island's tourism.

Language Hat links to a new encyclopedia article examining the origins of the Japanese language. I'm surprised the article suggests there are no verifiable links to Korean, Paekche aside.

Lawyers, Guns and Money has an after-action report on the Alabama senate election. I agree with most of the conclusions--certainly it shows a need to contest every election!

Allan Metcalf at Lingua Franca quite likes the term "fake news" for its specific power, claiming it as his word of 2017.

The NYR Daily reflects on an exhibition of the powerful works of Modigliani.

The Planetary Society Blog reports on some infrared images taken by Juno of Jupiter and volcanic Io.

Roads and Kingdoms shares 21 pieces of advice for people interested in visiting Iran as tourists.

Towleroad's list of the Top 10 albums of 2017 is worth paying attention to.

If this Window on Eurasia report is correct and HIV seroprevalence in Russia is twice the proportion officially claimed, 1.5% of the population ...

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares stunning images, from Jupiter, of the Great Red Spot of Jupiter, and analysis.

Hornet Stories notes that a reboot of 1980s animation classic She-Ra is coming to Netflix.

io9 carries reports suggesting that the new X-Men Dark Phoenix movie is going to have plenty of good female representation. Here's to hoping. It also notes that the seminal George Lucas short film "Electronic Labyrinth: THX 1138 4EB" is viewable for free online, but only for a short while.

Marginal Revolution links to a paper suggesting that IQ score, more than education, is the single biggest factor explaining why a person might become an inventor.

The NYR Daily looks at the alliance rightfully called "unholy" between religious militants and the military in Pakistan.

The Power and the Money's Noel Maurer explains how the strong social networks of Italian migrants in Argentina a century ago helped them eventually do better than native-born Argentines (and Spanish immigrants, too).

Roads and Kingdoms notes the simple joys of pupusas, Salvadoran tortillas, on a rainy day in Vancouver.

Towleroad reports on interesting research suggesting that gay men are more likely to have older brothers, even suggesting a possible biological mechanism for this.

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Anthropology.net notes that the analysis of a Neanderthal skeleton from Croatia reveals much common ancestry.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait shares some stunning photos of Jupiter taken by the Juno probe.

Crooked Timber considers the differences--such as they are--between science fiction and fantasy literature.

After a conversation with Adam Gopnik, Cody Delistraty makes a case for the importance of high-brow culture.

The Dragon's Gaze notes a paper arguing that Earth-like planets can exist even without active plate tectonics.

The Frailest Thing's Michael Sacasas argues that operating systems relying on instinct hurt human thought.

Language Log considers Twitter post limits for East Asian languages.

The LRB Blog considers trench fever and the future of nursing in the United Kingdom.

Marginal Revolution links to a study suggesting people actively look out for bad and threatening news items.

The NYR Daily examines the reasons why Uber ended up getting banned by the city of London.

Drew Rowsome reports on an exciting new staging at the Paramount Theatre of Salt-Water Moon.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel looks at the very low proportion of planets in studied exosystems actually detected by Kepler.

Strange Company tells the story of John Banvard, a 19th century American who lost everything in mounting panorama exhibitions.

Towleroad reports on how PREP contributed to an 80% fall in new HIV diagnoses in London and wider England.

Window on Eurasia notes the worsening of HIV/AIDS in Russia, aided by terrible government policy and bad statistics.

Centauri Dreams links to archival video painstakingly collected from the Voyager missions.

Citizen Science Salon notes ways ordinary people can use satellite imagery for archaeological purposes.

Good news: Asian carp can't find a fin-hold in Lake Michigan. Bad news: The lake is so food-deprived nothing lives there. The Crux reports.

D-Brief notes that, once every second, a fast radio burst occurs somewhere in the universe.

Dangerous Minds looks at the psychedelic retro-futurism of Swedish artist Kilian Eng.

Dead Things notes the recovery of ancient human DNA from some African sites, and what this could mean for study.

Cody Delistraty reconsiders the idea of the "coming of age" narrative. Does this make sense now that we have abandoned the idea of a unitary self?

The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper examining the evolution of icy bodies around different post-main sequence stars.

The Great Grey Bridge's Philip Turner notes anti-Putin dissident Alexei Navalny.

Hornet Stories notes reports of anti-gay persecution in Azerbaijan.

Language Log takes a look at the dialectal variations of southern Ohio.

Lawyers, Guns and Money starts a discussion about what effective disaster relief for Puerto Rico would look like.

The LRB Blog looks at the aftermath of the recent earthquake in Mexico, and the story of the buried girl who was not there.

Marginal Revolution notes that Toronto real estate companies, in light of rent control, are switching rental units over to condos.

Naked Anthropologist Laura Agustín takes a look at the origins and stories of migrant sex workers.

The NYR Daily talks about the supposedly unthinkable idea of nuclear war in the age of Trump.

Drew Rowsome gives a strongly positive--and deserved review to the Minmar Gaslight show The Seat Next to the King, a Fringe triumph now playing at the Theatre Centre.

Starts With A Bang's Ethan Siegel explains how so many outer-system icy worlds have liquid water.

Towleroad features Jim Parsons' exploration of how important is for him, as a gay man, to be married.

Window on Eurasia suggests Russian language policy limiting minority languages in education could backfire, and wonders if Islamization one way people in an urbanizing North Caucasus are trying to remain connected to community.

Centauri Dreams shares, from JPL, the schedule for Cassini in its last days of existence. Goodbye, dear probe.

Dangerous Minds shares some classic illustrations from a Persian book called Lights of Canopus.

The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper suggesting that gas giants can stabilize debris disks.

Far Outliers shares excerpts from the diary of a Japanese soldier fighting in New Guinea in the Second World War.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the real suffering that high rents impose on the poor in American cities.

The Map Room Blog shares some nice X-ray maps of New York City subway stations.

The Planetary Society Blog shares more vintage Voyager photos of the outer solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune ...

Roads and Kingdoms tells of the marvelous cookies made on the dying Venetian island of Burano.

Drew Rowsome considers, at length and with personal references, the differences between "art" and "porn". NSFW.

Understanding Society considers the latest thinking on causal mechanisms in modern sociology.

Window on Eurasia wonders if non-Russian languages in Russia are attacked out of anxiety over Russian's own decline, and speculates that if integration of mostly Muslim immigrants goes poorly in Moscow, the city could get locked in sectarian conflict.

Bad Astronomer Phil Plait notes how data mining of stellar surveys led to the discovery of a new star type, the BLAP.

The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly tells about her enjoyable recent stay at Fire Island.

Centauri Dreams notes the latest maneuvers of asteroid probe OSIRIS-REx.

The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper considering oxygen in exoplanet atmospheres as a biomarker.

Joe. My. God. notes how racist Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio is upset at being called a racist.

Language Log notes how China censored images of the Tibetan-language tattoo of MMA fighter Dan Hardy.

Lawyers, Guns and Money notes how deportees to Mexico are beset by that country's crime syndicates.

Marginal Revolution links to a paper considering how many sellers a market needs to be competitive.

The New APPS Blog considers the racism of Donald Trump in the light of Agamben's concept of the homo sacer.

Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw considers the issue of monuments in Australia in the context of Aborigines' sufferings by the subjects memorialized.

The Planetary Society Blog shows the Jupiter approach videos taken by the Voyager probes.

Towleroad explains why Diana, with her embrace of (among other things) fashion and AIDS victims, is a gay icon.

Arnold Zwicky notes the official registration in Scotland of a tartan for LGBT people.

The waters off the Maritimes, it seems, have enjoyed unusually warm temperatures this year. The Globe and Mail reports.

What will become of the forest of British Columbia if locals do not protect it from over-logging? National Observer considers.

What, exactly, is this mysteriously invisible high-mass body acting as a gravitational lens in intergalactic space? VICE describes the mystery.

The Planetary Society Blog, in commemoration of the Voyagers, shares its archived materials on the probes' discoveries, right here.

When the sun becomes a red giant, Europa and Enceladus will become superheated greenhouses without Earth-like phases.

A new model of early Venus suggests it could have had oceans and Earthly temperatures less than a billion years ago.

Past activity around the volcanoes of Mars means that these areas could have been refuges for life.

On the discovery of acrylonitrile on Titan, a membrane-forming chemical that could permit life in the super-cold.

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