Monuments to Clan Life Are Losing Their Appeal. A rule of thumb is that the Chinese tend to emphasize permanent architecture less than other societies, probably due to the tendency not to use durable materials.
The Next Bubble: Farmland. Did not know: “And large-scale farmland bubbles are quite rare: There was only one in the United States in the entire 20th century, during the great population scare of the 1970s.”
Tortoise and Hare, in a Laboratory Flask. Carl on the new paper out of the Lenski lab.
Unknown Animals Nearly Invisible Yet There. There aren’t enough labor hours to catalog the tree of life.
A Proud ‘Lobbyist’ and ‘Southerner’ Weighs ‘President’. We haven’t had a fat president in nearly 100 years.
Europe’s Rift Over Energy Is Widened by France. Go France!
Less Wrong NYC: Case Study of a Successful Rationalist Chapter. Brass tacks: what’s the rate of drop of proportion of virgins over the course of the past year?
Law of Averages. Finally, people are responding to the disincentives of low-tier law school attendance!
Vaccine to Cure Asthma Brought on by House Dust Mite Allergies?
Canine Genetic Wrinkle Has Human Potential. Dog genetics yields important insights …