May 09, 2014 13:42
- The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly makes the point that photography can help people understand their world that more thoroughly.
- The Dragon's Gaze links to an analysis of the atmosphere of superhot hot Jupiter WASP 12b.
- The Dragon's Tales notes that Greenland's geography has survived millions of years of ice, and notes reports that Israel apparently spies quite actively on the United States.
- The Everyday Sociology Blog's Stacy J. Williams looks at the ways in which professional cooking is gendered.
- Geocurrents' Martin Lewis notes that Thailand's eastern seaboard is quite rich.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money notes that workers in North Dakota face the highest rate of workplace accidents in their country, a consequence of ill-regulated oil projects.
- Marginal Revolution links to a paper taking a look at the abortive industrial revolution of Song China.
- Emily Lakdawalla at the Planetary Society Blog observes that the ESA's Rosetta probe is set to rendezvous with Comet 67P Churyumov-Gerasimenko in just a few weeks.
- Registan notes the preference for early marriages among Uzbeks.
- Une heure de peine's Denis Colombi reacts (in French) to the recent death of economist and sociologist Gary Becker.
- Window on Eurasia wonders if Azerbaijan will face an Islamist political challenge.
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