• Bloomberg notes the rail boom in Bangladesh, looks at the fall in the value of the pound, notes a German proposal to give young Britons German citizenship and observes Spanish concern over giving Scotland a voice, looks at competition between Paris and Frankfurt to get jobs from the City of London, looks at how a Chinese takeover of an American ham ( Read more... )

• D-Brief notes that astronomers have witnessed a distant black hole eat a star.
• Dangerous Minds looks at 1980s VHS cover art from Germany.
• The Dragon's Gaze looks at TYC 3667-1280-1b, a warm Jupiter orbiting a red giant.
• The Dragon's Tales looks at how an electric wind helped render Venus uninhabitable.
• A Fistful of Euros' Alex Harrowell notes that the ( Read more... )

• The BBC notes a study suggesting that the bombardment of the early Moon by comets gave it water.
• Bloomberg View criticizes red tape in Greece, and notes that the salts of Australia will be drawing solar cell manufacturers to that country.
• The Guardian notes Jeremy Corbyn's claims of BBC bias against him.
• The Inter Press Service examines the ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes a new union for Toronto freelancers.
• Dangerous Minds notes a Chinese ban on live streams of women eating bananas seductively.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes a paper purporting to provide ways for telescopes to distinguish between exo-Venuses and exo-Earths.
• The Dragon's Tales links to a study modelling the collision between Theia and the proto- ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes the continued delays with Bombardier's streetcar deliveries to the TTC, looks at the expansion of WiFi to Toronto stations, and has hope for independent bookstores.
• The Crux notes a proposal to make the Moon a solar energy power centre for the Earth.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes Venus analog Gliese 832d and observes the mass of material in ( Read more... )

• Centauri Dreams notes that the early Earth's magnetic field could protect it from a violent young sun.
• D-Brief notes some British storks have abandoned seasonal migration in order to stay year-round at landfills.
• The Dragon's Gaze looks at the WASP 94AB binary, a system with two stars each with a hot Jupiter.
• The Dragon's Tales reports Russia has ( Read more... )

• Dangerous Minds notes a petition to make Black Sabbath's "War Pigs" the American national anthem.
• The Dragon's Gaze looks at a study looking for exoplanets in the galactic bulge.
• The Dragon's Tales notes a study suggesting that the very early Earth and the impactor which created the Moon were both water-rich.
• The Everyday Sociology Blog looks at the ( Read more... )

The Dragon's Tales linked/u> to this Universe Today article noting progress to date.in simulated space agriculture.

We’re a long ways away from colonizing another planet-depending on who you talk to-but it’s not too soon to start understanding how we might do it when the time comes. Growing enough food will be one of the primary concerns for any ( Read more... )

Universe Today's Matt Williams explores the European Space Agency's interest in building an outpost on the Moon.

With all the talk about manned missions to Mars by the 2030s, its easy to overlook another major proposal for the next great leap. In recent years, the European Space Agency has been quite vocal about its plan to go back to the Moon by ( Read more... )

• BCer in Toronto Jeff Jedras foodblogs from different Ottawa junkets.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly lists 20 ways to enjoy winter. (If it comes.)
• Centauri Dreams shares the latest Pluto imagery and examines the ancient impact that created the Moon.
• Crooked Timber notes that volunteers who help refugees arriving in Greece might be criminalized.
• The ( Read more... )