Thursday, November 03, 2011

Stuff below the fold

The Reuters article that started the deluge of articles on depopulation HERE.

NPR map on global fertility...but since some countries with high birth rates have high mortality, that too is not completely accurate. NPR video.

Longer rant moved to my Xanga blog.

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Doctor Livingstone, I presume?

Dr. L was one of the pioneers fighting slavery in Africa, and his diary, including the account of an Arab slave raid, is now on line.

and a scandal:
So did locals he paid to help him travel join in with the murders?
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Sounds like the Death Star: A super laser is being designes that will tear apart the vacuum of space for research.

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for those who couldn't make it home for Nov 1: Undas on line.

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More evidence that Homo sapiens had relationships with other homonoid species.

more HERE.

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The Vikings didn't have a compass, but they did have a magic "sunstone": more HERE.

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via Dave Barry: headline of the week:

New York Corduroy Appreciation Club searching for 11-year-olds born on 11/11

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