• Centauri Dreams looks at ongoing research into the sizes of Alpha Centauri A and B.
• Dangerous Minds notes Finland's introduction of a new Tom of Finland emoji.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper speculating as to the fate of icy dwarf exoplanets in white dwarf systems.
• The Dragon's Tales reports on the intensification of the war in Ukraine's Donbas.
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Popular Science's Sarah Fecht was one of many people last month noting a proposal to restore tigers to Central Asia by importing Siberian tigers to suitable habitats in Kazakhstan. I have to admit this particular rewilding plan appeals to me: Siberian tigers are so close by, after all.

Caspian tigers once roamed all over Central Asia, ranging from ( Read more... )

• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly calls on journalists to stand up to Trump.
• Centauri Dreams looks at exocomets.
• Language Log shares an ad from the 1920s using the most vintage language imaginable.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money talks about globalization as a mechanism for concentrating wealth at the top of the elite.
• The LRB Blog talks about the ghosts of ( Read more... )

• Anthropology.net looks at the genetics of how the Inuit have adapted to cold weather.
• 'Nathan Smith's Apostrophen shares the author's plans for the coming year.
• Beyond the Beyond's Bruce Sterling shares Margaret Atwood's commitment to fighting for freedom of expression.
• Crooked Timber asks its readers for recommendations in Anglophone science fiction.
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• Bad Astronomy notes that a NASA probe has photographed the site on Mars where the ESA's Schiaparelli lander crashed.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly writes about being an immigrant, of sorts, in the United States.
• C.J. Cherry announces that work on her history of the Alliance-Union universe is continuing.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper looking ( Read more... )

Wired's Alec Luhn reports from Siberia, where global warming is wreaking havoc on cities' infrastructure. If there is going to be, as some predict, a population boom in the Arctic as global warming continues, there are going to be major infrastructure issues around.

At first, Yury Scherbakov thought the cracks appearing in a wall he had installed ( Read more... )

• Bad Astronomy notes a new census of galaxies finding that there are two trillion in the universe.
• blogTO reports on a new twin condo tower proposed for downtown Toronto.
• The Dragon's Tales reports on findings suggesting Earth barely escaped a third snowball period.
• Joe. My. God. notes that no one wants to stay in Trump's new Washington D.C. hotel.
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• blogTO looks at Toronto's old neon signs and its still-visible ghost signs.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly looks at Donald Trump as a bully.
• Dangerous Minds shares vintage photos from the set of Labyrinth.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes a not-unexpected non-detection of Proxima Centauri b.
• The Everyday Sociology Blog looks at the presidential debates ( Read more... )

• Beyond the Beyond notes some anti-drone activists' efforts to get drones controlled.
• blogTO reports on the history of the strip mall in Toronto, looks at the abandoned Whitney Block Tower by Queen's Park, and reports from the attic of Queen's Park.
• Discover's Body Horrors notes the possibility that global warming might lead to the reemergence of ( Read more... )

• blogTO reports that streetcar tracks are involved in a third of Toronto's bike crashes.
• Centauri Dreams notes that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is a source of heat.
• The Crux notes the non-medicinal uses of tobacco.
• Dangerous Minds looks at the voyeuristic photography of 20th century Czechoslovakian photographer Miroslav Tich.
• The Dragon's Tales notes that ( Read more... )