Putting Paris aside for the moment
Nov. 9th, 2015 07:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
conulyThank you everybody for your book suggestions :) I meant to thank everybody individually, and probably will, but this will do for now.
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The Origin of Flight--What Use is Half a Wing? (Really cool video - did you know baby birds can run practically vertical!?)
Mormons plan 'mass resignation' over policies for gay people
Your Unwashed Bras Are Growing (Mostly Harmless) Bacteria
15 Non-Sex Uses for Condoms
A network of artificial neurons learns to use human language
Court Says Tracking Web Histories Can Violate Wiretap Act
Student Protesters Nationwide Demand Free Tuition, $15 Minimum Wage, No Student Debt
Windows 3.1 Is Still Alive, And It Just Killed a French Airport
5400mph winds discovered hurtling around exoplanet
Thousands to be sterilised in global 'vasectomy-athon'
Humans have minded their own beeswax for thousands of years
Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks: “I honestly just wanted to know why the F train didn’t have clocks. I never expected it to be so complicated.”
Researchers shed new light on the origins of Earth's water
U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Abortion Limits
The Mad Hatter's Secret Ingredient: Math
As rate of women dying in childbirth falls globally, US sees rise
Autism cases in U.S. jump to 1 in 45: Who gets the diagnosis, in 8 simple charts
Walmart workers group plans 15-day protest leading to Black Friday
US Navy edges back to Subic Bay in Philippines – under new rules
Charity claims it now owns lucrative “Happy Birthday” copyright
Sometimes Toes Spontaneously Fall Off and Nobody Knows Why
Hong Kong bookstore disappearances shock publishing industry
Voters unlikely to support atheists because religiousness seen as sign of trustworthiness
US guards 'taunt hunger-striking asylum seekers'
South Sudan thought it had solved its child soldier problem. It hasn’t.
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Burundi opposition asks U.N. to send peacekeepers quickly
Israeli father and son, Palestinians killed in West Bank
Myanmar’s Rohingya Could Be The World’s Next Major Refugee Crisis
Around 25 dead in Boko Haram raid in Niger, clashes with army
Nigeria troops rescue 61, kill four Boko Haram suspects
U.S. 'reasonably certain' drone strike killed ISIS mouthpiece 'Jihadi John'
Kurdish forces seize Iraq's Sinjar town from Islamic State
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
Turkish President Ignores ISIS, Stokes Civil War with Kurds
Three soldiers, 11 Kurdish militants killed in southeast Turkey
Ukraine isn’t unified yet. These 4 charts explain.
Worshippers killed as bomb hits Yemen mosque in Houthi-dominated region: residents
'Dramatic retreat' seen in Greenland glacier
The Origin of Flight--What Use is Half a Wing? (Really cool video - did you know baby birds can run practically vertical!?)
Mormons plan 'mass resignation' over policies for gay people
Your Unwashed Bras Are Growing (Mostly Harmless) Bacteria
15 Non-Sex Uses for Condoms
A network of artificial neurons learns to use human language
Court Says Tracking Web Histories Can Violate Wiretap Act
Student Protesters Nationwide Demand Free Tuition, $15 Minimum Wage, No Student Debt
Windows 3.1 Is Still Alive, And It Just Killed a French Airport
5400mph winds discovered hurtling around exoplanet
Thousands to be sterilised in global 'vasectomy-athon'
Humans have minded their own beeswax for thousands of years
Why New York Subway Lines Are Missing Countdown Clocks: “I honestly just wanted to know why the F train didn’t have clocks. I never expected it to be so complicated.”
Researchers shed new light on the origins of Earth's water
U.S. Supreme Court to Rule on Abortion Limits
The Mad Hatter's Secret Ingredient: Math
As rate of women dying in childbirth falls globally, US sees rise
Autism cases in U.S. jump to 1 in 45: Who gets the diagnosis, in 8 simple charts
Walmart workers group plans 15-day protest leading to Black Friday
US Navy edges back to Subic Bay in Philippines – under new rules
Charity claims it now owns lucrative “Happy Birthday” copyright
Sometimes Toes Spontaneously Fall Off and Nobody Knows Why
Hong Kong bookstore disappearances shock publishing industry
Voters unlikely to support atheists because religiousness seen as sign of trustworthiness
US guards 'taunt hunger-striking asylum seekers'
South Sudan thought it had solved its child soldier problem. It hasn’t.
Burundi opposition asks U.N. to send peacekeepers quickly
Israeli father and son, Palestinians killed in West Bank
Myanmar’s Rohingya Could Be The World’s Next Major Refugee Crisis
Around 25 dead in Boko Haram raid in Niger, clashes with army
Nigeria troops rescue 61, kill four Boko Haram suspects
U.S. 'reasonably certain' drone strike killed ISIS mouthpiece 'Jihadi John'
Kurdish forces seize Iraq's Sinjar town from Islamic State
Sinjar Victory Bolsters Kurds, but Could Further Alienate U.S. From Iraq
Turkish President Ignores ISIS, Stokes Civil War with Kurds
Three soldiers, 11 Kurdish militants killed in southeast Turkey
Ukraine isn’t unified yet. These 4 charts explain.
Worshippers killed as bomb hits Yemen mosque in Houthi-dominated region: residents
'Dramatic retreat' seen in Greenland glacier
