• Bad Astronomy reports on the discovery of two hot Jupiters and what this means.
• Centauri Dreams looks at hot Jupiter K2-33b.
• D-Brief notes that pollution has reached even the bottom of the Mariana trench.
• Dangerous Minds notes a 1971 BBC documentary that was actually respectful towards the young.
• The Dragon's Gaze looks at tidal locking for gas giants.

• Bloomberg notes Japan's neglected geothermal potential, looks at one Nobel laureate's concern over Brexit's fallout, examines Thailand's economic success, and looks at how labuor shortages are hindering Swedish economic growth.
• Bloomberg View looks at the role of Brazil's supreme court in fighting top-level corruption, and suggests the only thing ( Read more... )

Sometimes, islands can be interesting workshops. The Spanish island of Formentera, one of the Balearics, is as The Guardian's Stephen Bergen notes, pioneering a push towards an electrification of all its cars.

The tiny Mediterranean island of Formentera has taken delivery of six electric cars as part of an ambitious plan to be the first island in ( Read more... )

• blogTO lists seven hidden beaches in the Toronto area.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes the discovery of a Solar twin, Inti 1.
• Joe. My. God. observes that this weekend was the time for Manhattanhenge in New York City.
• Language Hat reports on the 1950s travels of Nabokov and describes the effort to preserve the languages of the Arctic.
• The LRB Blog notes ( Read more... )

The Inter Press Service's Andrea Pettrachin took a look at the hostile Relationship of the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, surrounded by Morocco, towards migrants from Africa.

A few kilometres before the border between the Spanish enclave of Ceuta and Morocco, a sign informs passers-by that this outpost of Spain on African soil stands in a privileged ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes the record high temperatures in Toronto this Christmas Eve, while James Bow describes his family's events.
• Centauri Dreams looks at remarkably evocative pictures of Ceres.
• The Dragon's Gaze reports on how an exoplanet's rings were mapped.
• The Dragon's Tales reports on the ongoing controversy about the South China Sea's boundaries.
• Lawyers ( Read more... )

• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper considering rates of water loss in a moist greenhouse world's atmosphere.
• The Dragon's Tales notes that leftists in Catalonia blocked separatists from forming the government.
• Far Outliers notes Persian cultural influence in the South Caucasus, among Christian and Muslim cultures alike.
• Joe. My. God. notes that the ( 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... )

• blogTO looks at atypically-named TTC subway stations, the ones named not after streets.
• Centauri Dreams examines the protoplanetary disk of AU Microscopii.
• The Dragon's Tales looks at China's nuclear submarine issues.
• The Everyday Sociology Blog examines the intersections between game theory and water shortages.
• Far Outliers notes the travails of ( Read more... )