Corrupt the recycled teenagers and the youth

Glenda Satne (Wollongong) reviews How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories (MIT), by Alex Rosenberg

2 men accused of gluing winning numbers onto lotto ticket AP


Spurred by The Irishman’s take on the matter, Errol Morris, the progenitor of our current obsession with true crime, tackles an enduring mystery: Who Really Killed Jimmy Hoffa?

Ricky Gervais reacts to news the 2020 Oscars will go without a host

TV executives announce this year's Oscars will not have a traditional host, just days after comedian Ricky Gervais delivered a scathing critique of Hollywood hypocrisy at the Golden Globes.

The incredibly long CVS receipts, but make it fashion

An imagined report from 2030 on how we ended the climate emergency. "We will finally reach peak global emissions. We will finally stop accelerating towards our own destruction."

Report: Trump Cited Impeachment Pressure to Kill Soleimani 

I think this is a 3D video constructed entirely from photographs (photogrammetry) and it is stunningly detailed.

Photos of Kennecott Mines, an Alaskan ghost town that was abandoned after the copper mines were depleted in 1938

“Corrupt the Youth” Wins Prize for Excellence & Innovation in Philosophy Programs

Corrupt the Youth, an organization that brings philosophy to high school students and others, has won the 2019 Prize for Excellence and Innovation in Philosophy Programs, awarded jointly by the American Philosophical Association (APA) and the Philosophy Documentation Center (PDC). (more…)


KEYLOGGING, THE ACOUSTIC EDITION: How the KGB Bugged American Typewriters During the Cold War.


Lookback: obsolete reflections on the first anniversary of a blog

From 2004: Blogs are the 21st-century counterpart of the periodical essays of the eighteenth century, the Spectators and Ramblers and Idlers that supplied familiar essayists with what was then the... [read more]

Ex-Nissan boss complains of 'corrupt, inhumane' system in first appearance since escape

Carlos Ghosn has proclaimed his innocence in his first public appearance since his escape from Japan.

Australia’s fires have pumped out more emissions than 100 nations combinedMIT Technology Review

An ‘absolutely seminal moment’: climate change opinion shifting in face of fires Sydney Morning Herald. Kevin W: “You only needed half the country to burn down to get people to think about changing their minds.”

‘At Davos we will tell world leaders to abandon the fossil fuel economy’ World Economic Forum 

I SEE NEW BODYBUILDING SUPPLEMENTS COMING OUT OF THIS RESEARCH: How grizzly bears prevent muscle atrophy during hibernation. “The findings — published this month in the journal Scientific Reports — suggest grizzly bears possess a unique set of genes that boost amino acid metabolism during hibernation, resulting in greater concentrations of certain non-essential amino acids, which fuel muscle cell growth.”

2019 Popper Prize Winner Announced

The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (BJPS) has selected Carlos Gray Santana (University of Utah) as the winner of its 2019 Karl Popper Prize for his “ground breaking” paper in the philosophy of geology. (more…)

Lucy Bolton reviews Filmed Thought: Cinema as Reflective Form by Robert Pippin at Times Higher Education.