• Bad Astronomy shares a video imagining of how Cassini will meet its end with Saturn.
• Cody Delistraty shares an interview with Rebecca Solnit.
• Far Outliers reports on Margaret Thatcher's unorthodox campaign in 1979.
• Joe. My. God. shares Hillary Clinton's thanks to her 66 million voters.
• Marginal Revolution looks at gender stereotypes among scientists.

CBC News' Shane Ross describes the substantial and growing population of Buddhist nuns on Prince Edward Island. Clearly, things have changed since I have lived there.

Prince Edward Island is becoming home to a growing number of Buddhist nuns, who say the Island is a comfortable place for them to practise their spirituality ( Read more... )

Bloomberg's Yu-Huay Sun reports on how Taiwanese islands voted not to employ their insularity as the basis for a casino industry.

Residents of Taiwan’s Penghu County voted against having casinos on the islands to attract tourists, dampening sentiment around legislation proposed to attract overseas investments to the area ( Read more... )

• Bloomberg notes concern in Asia regarding Brexit, and reports on a Taiwanese call to China to heal from Tiananmen.
• CBC notes a shocking proposal to assemble a human being using an artificial genome.
• io9 notes the interest of the Chinese government in setting up a local science fiction award.
• MacLean's notes Russian crime gangs are blackmailing gay men ( Read more... )

• Bloomberg notes Twitter will stop counting photos and links against its 140-character limit, reports on the challenges of the new Taiwanese president, and reports on Japan's efforts to boost its workforce.
• Bloomberg View argues European banks just aren't good at investment banking, suggests austerity worked for Latvia, and argues an IMF suggestion ( Read more... )

• Bloomberg notes that cutting back on immigration would not boost a post-Brexit United Kingdom's living standards, reports on Uber's fight with taxi companies, and observes that the new president of the Philippines vows to continue his predecessor's economic policies.
• Bloomberg View argues China should want a Taiwan with a higher international ( Read more... )

• Bloomberg looks at the restarting of northern Alberta oil, looks at the deterioration in Sino-Taiwanese relations, reports on how Norway is using oil money to buffer its economic shocks, and suggests low ECB rates might contribute to a property boom in Germany.
• Bloomberg View notes the idea of a third party in the US, one on the right to counter ( Read more... )

• Bloomberg notes California's dependence on oil imports, looks at how Libya's internal divisions limit oil exports, observes the devastation of Fort McMurray, reports on EU-Turkish disputes on visa-free travel, observes the problems of Belarus' banks, and reports on Kenya's closure of Somali refugee camps.
• Bloomberg View talks about how the ( Read more... )

• Dangerous Minds shares one video club of David Bowie in London in 1967, and another of the controversies around the Cocteau Twins in 1985 Ohio.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes a study of the winds of hot Jupiter HD 189733b.
• The Dragon's Tales looks at the evolution of Titan's atmosphere from an early date.
• Joe. My. God. and Towleroad each note the failure of ( Read more... )

• blogTO depicts a new Toronto condo tower that will also be a vertical forest.
• D-Brief notes the latest German success with nuclear fusion.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes the discovery of Jupiter analog HD 32963b.
• The Dragon's Tales provides updates about the Russian wars in Syria and Ukraine.
• Geocurrents examines the demographic history of the Philippines.