• blogTO identify five neighbourhoods in downtownish Toronto with cheap rent.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes one paper suggesting Earth-like worlds may need both ocean and rocky surfaces to be habitable.
• The Dragon's Tales reports that Pluto's Sputnik Planum is apparently less than ten million years old.
• Geocurrents begins an interesting regional schema of ( Read more... )

• blogTO considers the question of what Toronto's shortest street is.
• Centauri Dreams shares spectacular Pluto imagery.
• The Dragon's Tales reports on the latest from Syria.
• Language Log reports "You ain't no Muslim, bruv!", a phrase gone viral.
• Lawyers, Guns and Money connects the Second World War to colonialism in Hawai'i and the Philippines.

• Centauri Dreams considers what Pluto would actually look like.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes the complications facing planetary systems with multiple stars.
• The Dragon's Tales updates on the way in Syria.
• Joe. My. God. notes a bill proposed by Ted Cruz that would ban Syrian Muslim immigrants from the United States.
• Language Hat notes the discovery of he ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes the plans to build a large park under the western Gardiner.
• Centauri Dreams looks at Pluto.
• The Dragon's Tales goes to Syria.
• Far Outliers reports from a despairing Siberian village.
• Geocurrents notes that most Moravians live in Tanzania.

• blogTO notes an old mansion at Bloor and Sherbourne is being moved to make room for the new.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly talks about her routines and rituals.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes a catalog of nearby stellar systems.
• Joe. My. God. observes the bizarrely rigid British ban on poppers sales.
• Language Hat notes the remarkable flexible language ( Read more... )

The apparent discovery of cryovolcanism on Pluto, a world where liquid water is lava, is the subject of the Thomson Reuters report shared by the CBC. Pluto is definitely a dynamic world.

Among 50 reports that New Horizons scientists will present this week is a startling look at two mountains on the surface of Pluto, each measuring more than 160 ( Read more... )

• Centauri Dreams reports on the non-existence of Alpha Centauri Bb.
  
• The Dragon's Tales notes the exciting new findings from Pluto, including news that it supports a subsurface ocean.
• The Everyday Sociology Blog looks at the power of student protests at the University of Missouri.
• Joe. My. God. notes the promise of anti-viral injections in treating HIV ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes that graffiti artists around the world, including in Toronto, are promoting Justin Bieber's new album.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly likes pilot Mark Vanhoenacker's book about flight.
• Centauri Dreams notes one possibility for a Europa sample mission.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes simulations which suggest spiral arms in circumstellar disks ( Read more... )

• blogTO considers if the Union-Pearson Express might work as a rapid transit line.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes that Earth-like worlds which rapidly lose most of their water can extend their habitable lifetimes.
• The Everyday Sociology Blog talks about the sociological lessons of party crashers.
• Geocurrents notes the complexities of Valencian identity and ( Read more... )

• blogTO reports on five of the smallest libraries in Toronto. Two of them are near me.
• James Bow notes the odd recent Facebook slowdowns.
• The Broadside Blog's Caitlin Kelly notes there is no such thing as a low-skilled job.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes three recently-discovered hot Jupiters.
• The Dragon's Tales notes geological evidence of ancient atmospheric ( Read more... )