The electronic song “Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites” reduces host attack and mating success in the dengue vector Aedes aegypti. Acta Tropica. News you can use!
What's happening with Hans Blumenberg? Long eclipsed, the late German thinker is having a moment. On metaphors, history, and lions Metaphors
What's happening with Hans Blumenberg? Long eclipsed, the late German thinker is having a moment. On metaphors, history, and lions Metaphors
REVEALED: The five ways the human race could be WIPED OUT because of global warming Daily Mail. From McKibben’s latest book. I’ve gotta say — and as I’ve said, criticizing McKibben is like kicking a puppy — history will not look kindly on McKibben’s multi-decade failure to mobilize and politicize.
Killing Fields: Air Pollution from Corn Production Tied to Higher Mortality Anthropocene
To Purge Some of Social Media’s Ugliness, an Unlikely Lesson From Wall St. NYT. “Know your customer.” What could go wrong?
Ex-DNI: ‘Stunning and scary’ that Barr would raise spying allegation CNN. “You say ‘Clapper is stunned and scared’ like that’s a bad thing.”
Rich nations’ middle classes in ‘rocky waters’ as incomes flatline FT. First, they came for the working class…
Measles epidemic spreads to Westchester — 8 unvaccinated kids contract disease New York Daily News and Why ‘Measles Parties’ Are A Bad Idea For Parents CBS
Dark Patterns: How Weaponized Usability Hurts Users DataBreach (DK). I’m sure readers have spotted many such “dark patterns” in the wild.
The Perplexing Physics of Imaging a Black HoleWired (DL). About the Event Horizon Telescope. Science is popping!
DHS, FBI say election systems in all 50 states were targeted in 2016 Ars Technica. As usual: “Despite
gaps in our data where some states appear to be untouched by Russian activities, we have moderate confidence that Russian actors likely conducted at least reconnaissance against all US states.” Let the cyber gravy train roll! And let’s have no loose talk about hand-marked paper ballots, hand-counted in public
gaps in our data where some states appear to be untouched by Russian activities, we have moderate confidence that Russian actors likely conducted at least reconnaissance against all US states.” Let the cyber gravy train roll! And let’s have no loose talk about hand-marked paper ballots, hand-counted in public