25 years of frustration for one of the biggest problems we’ve made for ourselves. It’s unbelievable that this still isn’t the most urgent political priority. After 25 Years, It’s Time to Stop Spinning Our Wheels | The Mark News ... continue reading

This is interesting not just because of the data trend but because it’s surprising where the dot for the US is in relation to all the other countries. Data helps rebut the “violent video games cause shootings” argument ... continue reading

This talks about the worthiness of studying literature and I think it does so very nicely. The author writes: “…the great payoff of literary study: It estranges us from our normal habits of thought and perception, nullifies old conceptual maps, and so propels us into uncharted regions, outlandish and bracing, where we must create, if we are to thrive, coordinates more capacious, more sublime than the o ... continue reading

Hungarian Roma hope for sanctuary in Canada – World – CBC News ... continue reading

Nice story. Contemplative walking, a favourite thing–but this shows that the El Camino experience is pretty socially involved well. Unemployed, I Went to Spain, to Walk ... continue reading

As 3D printing emerges more strongly and societies begin to change around it, I imagine this will be the next phase: nanotech replicators. http://www.cringely.com/2012/11/06/the-nanotech-replicators-are-coming/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-nanotech-replicators-are-coming ... continue reading

Quite a project to digitize so many images and make the archive more accessible. McGill Remembers brings digital light to the dark years of war – Montreal – CBC News ... continue reading

Pseudoscience scourge. Even though I think it can be interesting and useful when intelligent people try to make sense of, and interpret scientific findings in a bigger cultural context, a lot of times that goes awry with sloppy thinking. Or, as this wonderfully surly article points out, formulaic commercial approaches that sound exciting on the surface but can be pretty flawed when scrutinized. Actually considering ... continue reading

21st Century Enlightenment ... continue reading

I tried a similar thing several times when I was a kid, but I used balloons. I never got any responses and I doubt they’d have travelled as far as this. Irish message-in-a-bottle mystery solved in Montreal – Montreal – CBC News ... continue reading

I’m not sold that we need to abandon the idea of “knowledge progress” as the author argues but I like how he characterizes some ways that we can look at it. More Information, Less Understanding ... continue reading

Lovely short film of skeletal chimeras in their natural habitat. A Terrifying X-Ray World in Which All Predators Have Human Skeletons ... continue reading

Infectious Sky ... continue reading