I'm never quite sure how seriously to take claims of record high temperatures versus record lows at any point in time. This looks at trends in the ratio of record highs to lows over the past few decades in the U.S.
I've mentioned before that depending on what type of powerplant dominates in a region, electric car efficiency varies this article also argues, amongst other interesting bits that "the 'global warming potential' of the process used to make electric cars is twice that of conventional cars" (HT: KP)
A short New York Times documentary from a few years, looking at the education of girls in parts of Pakistan - apparently involving that girl whose shooting a few days back attracted a fair bit of attention:
Some interesting commentary on the usefulness of confession. Also interesting the comment about how even atheists were found in their experiments to behave more often after swearing on a Bible.
"Science fiction likes to imagine interstellar vehicles as sleek, aerodynamic ships. But there’s no air in space, and voyaging to the stars will require something that looks much different than an oversized jet."
"It was not until 1943, amid world war, that penicillin was found to be an effective treatment for syphilis. This study investigated the hypothesis that a decrease in the cost of syphilis due to penicillin spurred an increase in risky non-traditional sex. ... Regression analysis demonstrated that most measures of sexual behavior significantly increased immediately following the collapse of syphilis and most measures were significantly associated with the syphilis death rate."
A anti-socialist take on the direction of the Swedish government over the course of the last 20 years are so. Are the Nordic countries becoming more libertarian and less socialist over time?
