Feb 19, 2015 21:02
- blogTO notes the expansion of condo development south of Yonge and Eglinton.
- Centauri Dreams blogs about the exciting continuing approach of Dawn to Ceres.
- The Dragon's Gaze looks at the system of HD 69830, with three Neptune-mass planets and a dense asteroid belt.
- The Dragon's Tales links to a paper looking at French government surveillance of global communications networks.
- The Everyday Sociology Blog considers whether globalization is making the world subjectively smaller or larger.
- Joe. My. God. notes the refusal of a Michigan doctor to treat the child of a lesbian couple.
- Language Hat and Languages of the World react to a recent study claiming DNA evidence suggests the spread of Indo-European languages is connected to mass migrations.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money looks at the problems of Greece with and in the Eurozone.
- The Planetary Society Blog describes an amateur's ingenious new map of Europa.
- The Power and the Money links to a paper suggesting that male advantage in Africa as a result of colonialism, at least judging by Uganda, was brief.
- Spacing Toronto shows some supposed houses that are actually disguised electricity transformers.
- Torontoist shares a list of some of this year's visitors at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.
- Window on Eurasia speculates about the influence of Admiral Kolchak's proto-fascism on modern Russia and argues that Russia does not want a Transdniestria-style enclave in Ukraine's Donbas.
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