April 2013

there is still a lot we don't know about Gandhi - Caravan [via @phaseit]

Jeremy Grantham on saving civilization - Scribd [PDF] - CharlieRose [video]

"two features that might just save our bacon: declining fertility rates and progress in alternative energy"

Alice Springs [my review]

the French have terrifying children's books - Guardian

an end-user view of the Australian National Broadband Network - Wyres [via Matty]

we worry about schools here, but at least we don't live in South Carolina! - Snopes

the east-west divide in Berlin is still visible from space - Guardian

the ubiquity of casual racism - AlJazeera

a cartoon explanation of the Wakefield/MMR corruption saga - TallGuyWrites [cartoon]

does the last British Guantanamo inmate know too much? - Guardian

patronising framing of indigenous resistance - VBroek

my halogen to LED conversion experience - Oxford Blog

the latest research into Antarctic ice changes - RealCLimate

Goldman Sachs' unconvincing defense of "too big to fail" banking - Bloomberg

H7N9 bird flu update - Nature

the Mpemba effect: hot water can freeze faster than cold water - UCR

against John Franklin, Cyclecraft, and the right to ride - AltDeptTransport

a gravity-powered light to replace kerosene lamps? - Bloomberg

worldwide parenting approaches vary hugely - Slate

planning cycling with a baby/child - Oxford Blog

in the US, academia sucks as a career - AlJazeera [via @Mertz]

Chinese buyers produce shortage of baby milk in UK?! - Guardian

"pitched at senior undergraduates in the main" - A History of the English Language [my review]

how to be German in 20 easy steps - VV

evaluating regional climate models - RealClimate

how much damage could North Korean long-range artillery do to Seoul? - KEIA

they don't actually need a nuclear deterrent

can North Korea really be a significant cyberwar threat? - Guardian

it's hard to believe they have enough people with the necessary skills

canoeists and kayakers should have rights of way too - Monbiot

report says HBOS bankers were naughty - Guardian

but they're still running companies and drawing their pensions, not in prison

poisoning rhino horns - Guardian

my proposal for this involved deadly neurotoxins

the horror of blimps - StraightDope

a history of the LEGO gender gap - SocietyPages

a summary of the iiNet case copyright authorisation case - LIV [via OSWALD]

the Finkbeiner test for stories about scientists - XX

screwball child photography investigations - Monthly [via @AndrewPam]

a preganancy with the National Health Service - Oxford Blog

Its history and role in modern society - The Indonesian Language [my review]