June 2013
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William Thurston: "On Proof and Progress in Mathematics" -
JAMS [PDF]non-technical explanation of the black-hole information paradox -
Preskill [PDF via Baez]entire film of The Lathe of Heaven available online -
YouTube [via AndrewPam]when you have to explain Finnegans Wake to the FBI... -
Warscapesis Wuthering Heights really a children's book? -
Amazon UKand is this cover false advertising?
it's the Kowmung and the Shoalhaven and the Geehi I eucalypt for -
FatCanyonersthe anatomy of a drone strike -
QuietBabylon [via @doingitwrong]twelve English words that survive as idiom fossils -
MentalFloss [via @RoseanneB]a public health overview of bicycle helmets -
BMJ [via CyclOx]"We have both spent a large part of our working lives discussing statistics and risk with the general public. We both dread questions about bicycle helmets."
should an ethical eater kill mice instead of cows? -
Conversationlarge doses of vitamins are actually bad for you -
Guardiandrowning people don't look like cliched drowning people -
Slate [via @seancarmody]Britain should bring back the beaver and the lynx -
Monbiotfree book: Category Theory for Scientists -
arXiv [via Baez]all Finnish babies get a box from the government -
BBCthe catastrophe that is Britain's housing policy -
Standardlotteries for access to the best UK state schools? -
Guardiancan New York love bike lanes and bike share schemes? -
Alternetsounds like a good book on autism -
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