Jan 24, 2014 16:16
- BlogTO highlights a new photography exhibition at Ryerson University that I really should see.
- Centauri Dreams takes a look at the idea of subsurface biospheres on exoplanets.
- Crooked Timber's Belle Waring shares pictures from the ongoing protests in Ukraine and starts a debate.
- The Dragon's Tales notes a new model of the evolutions of the Sun and the Earth's atmosphere that suggests Earth will face a runaway greenhouse in 1.5 billion years, rather later than previously expected.
- Far Outliers highlights the ongoing Berber awakening in north Africa.
- Language Log tackles the Jamaican-sounding remarks of Rob Ford and finds them credible.
- The Map Room's Jonathan Crowe links to a wonderful New Yorker article on maps in literature.
- Marginal Revolution notes a new paper arguing that coal power was essential for urban growth.
- Supernova Condensate quotes Karl Popper about inductive reasoning.
- Torontoist notes the plans for a new proposed park to be built at Ontario Place.
- Towleroad remarks on the recent suicide of an Azerbaijani gay rights activist and notes the doubling of a bounty offered by Hong Kong billionaire to any man who would marry his lesbian--and coupled--daughter.
- Window on Eurasia notes the new reading list for Kremlin officials.
maps,
first nations,
china,
urban note,
democracy,
earth,
azerbaijan,
environment,
space science,
ethnic conflict,
philosophy,
marriage rights,
ukraine,
parks,
toronto,
extraterrestrial life,
links,
popular literature,
clash of ideologies,
economics,
hong kong,
futurology,
north africa,
english language,
suicide,
history,
jamaica,
glbt issues,
russia,
photos