Interesting Links for 15-01-2013
- UK government refuses to discuss how Independence might work.
(tags: uk independence scotland ) - State pension: The overhaul and you
(tags: pensions uk ) - Gender Roles and Homesexuality, some pretty big changes in their perception over the last twenty years.
(tags: gender society lgbt women ) - Parkinson's Patients treated with dopamine-enhancing drugs are developing artistic talents
(tags: art dopamine brains psychology ) - What Games Are: The Fun Boson Does Not Exist
(tags: games fun design ) - HMV about to go under, leaving Amazon the only game in town.
(tags: music business ) - Scientists spin carbon nanotube threads on industrial scale
(tags: nanotechnology science ) - SF is dominated by old novels and media tie-ins. (And is a tiny part of the book market)
(tags: viaJamesNicoll scifi books publishing ) - Is there good news in HMV's collapse?
(tags: hmv business uk economics ) - Akin's Laws of Spacecraft Design
(tags: space design ) - Secret papers show extent of senior royals' veto over bills.
(tags: royalty monarchy uk law ) - Tone in arguments matters - negative tone pushes people to retract to their established positions.
(tags: discussion argument psychology ) - 'Insulting words' crime ditched (Labour, in their delightfully authoritarian way, want to keep it)
(tags: freespeech uk law crime )
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