• blogTO notes that Uniqlo will be giving away free thermal clothing tomorrow.
• James Bow shares his column about the importance of truth.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly shares with us her mid-winter walk.
• Centauri Dreams reports about cometary water.
• Dangerous Minds shares German cinema lobby cards from the 1960s.

The Atlantic's David Brown wonders why NASA is neglecting the study of Venus, arguably the most Earth-like world known to us.

A generation has now gone by since the agency set a course for the second planet from the Sun, and with this latest mission opportunity lost, the earliest an expedition there might launch (from some future selection process ( Read more... )

• Centauri Dreams shares a proposal for the relatively rapid industrialization of space in a few short years using smart robots with 3d printign technology.
• To what extent, as Crooked Timber speculates, the Arthurian myth complex science fictional?
• Dangerous Minds shares a lovely middle-finger-raised candle.
• The Dragon's Gaze looks at the interactions ( Read more... )

• Beyond the Beyond links to a US military science fiction contest.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly notes that journalism is meant to offer criticisms of the president.
• Crooked Timber has an open forum about the inauguration.
• Dangerous Minds shares photos from seminal 1980-era London club Billy's.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper reporting on a ( Read more... )

• Bad Astronomy shares photos of the ripple made by moon Daphnis in the rings of Saturn, as does the Planetary Society Blog.
• The Broadside Blog questions whether readers actually like their work.
• Centauri Dreams notes evidence for the discovery of a Jupiter-mass planet in the protoplanetary disk of TW Hydrae.
• Dangerous Minds links to the 1980s work of ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes the continued rise in rental prices for apartments.
• Centauri Dreams looks at a time in the Earth's history when there was a lot of atmospheric oxygen but not much life.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper suggesting there is an authentic lack of gas giant planets beyond 10 AU.
• Itching for Eestimaa notes the British politicians who favoured ( 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... )

• 'Apostrophen's 'Nathan Smith describes his writing projects for this year.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper examining exomoon formation.
• The LRB Blog worries about Trump's hold on the button.
• The NYRB Daily looks at Rex Tillerson, an oil company diplomat to autocrats.
• Personal Reflections' Jim Belshaw shares the rediscovered mid-19th century painting ( Read more... )

• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly considers the quiet power of the candle.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper examining horseshoe patterns in protoplanetary disks.
• The Dragon's Tales looks at the impact of human civilization on the Amazonian rain forest and looks at the negative impact of a 6th century volcanic eruption on the Maya.
• Language Log ( Read more... )

• Bad Astronomy's Phil Plait shares a video showing how tacos are made in space.
• blogTO shares some classic photos of the TTC in the 1960s and 1970s.
• The Crux goes into more detail about the mesentery.
• D-Brief notes how the binary star KIC 9832227 is projected to experience a stellar merger in 2022.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to one paper suggesting that ( Read more... )