Random links
- Fresh water demand driving sea-level rise faster than glacier melt
- "Trillions of tonnes of water have been pumped up from deep underground reservoirs in every part of the world, says report." On a related note "In Israel, farmers generate calories using one-tenth the water used on average by the world’s farmers. By contrast, farmers in India use 10 times as much water as the average farmer."
- Computing experts unveil superefficient 'inexact' chip
- "The design improves power and resource efficiency by allowing for occasional errors. Prototypes unveiled this week ... are at least 15 times more efficient than today's technology." This sounds like it might be "fun" to program. I'm guessing it'd only be well-suited to a subset of applications though.
- Edible 'stop signs' in food could help control overeating
- "Cornell researchers may have found a novel way to help: Add edible serving size markers that act as subconscious stop signs. ... In the first study of the research, which is published online this month in Health Psychology, a journal of the American Psychological Association, the red chips were interspersed at intervals designating one suggested serving size (seven chips) or two serving sizes (14 chips)"
- Sexual Freedom and Women's Success
- A Wall Street Journal article by Hanna Rosin (more recently known for arguing that Ann Romney had never worked a day in her life). She seems to realize that changes to women's behaviour involve tradeoffs. Here she argues that the current situation is likely to bring heartache for women, while leading to a 'player' culture and non-committal men. However, she seems to view this as an acceptable tradeoff for increased female independence and involvement in the business world.