The Weekest Links 21 Dec 2011

This Week in links.   In no particular order other than that in which I opened them.


http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2011/12/leaning-to-left-makes-you-believe-odd.html

http://breadpig.com/2011/05/19/say-hello-to-xkcd-preschool-and-xkcd-library/

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2011-386

http://www.underwatertimes.com/news.php?article_id=59121078306

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228425.300-riot-shields-could-scatter-crowds-with-wall-of-sound.html

http://www.newstatesman.com/religion/2011/12/religious-faith-children

http://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2011/12/14/guest-post-the-nature-of-octopuses/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publication_bias

http://blogs.reuters.com/photographers-blog/2011/12/12/chinas-deserted-fake-disneyland/

http://www.nature.com/news/hummingbird-flight-has-a-clever-twist-1.9639

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802715133/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=skepticcom-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0802715133

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/13/the-semi-naked-ape-or-why-peach-fuzz-makes-it-harder-for-parasites/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+NotRocketScience+%28Not+Exactly+Rocket+Science%29


http://www.paintingmania.com/robert-louis-stevenson-171_14549.html

http://laughingsquid.com/cat-balancing-on-a-woman-doing-yoga/

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/14/anger-doesnt-make-the-irrational-more-sensible/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://animalwise.org/2011/12/14/an-uplifting-dolphin-story-literally/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/for-pro-athletes-the-risks-of-smoking-pot-are-high--but-so-are-the-benefits/2011/12/13/gIQAgwAhsO_story.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost

http://bangonacan.org/events/upcoming

http://ninamatsumoto.wordpress.com/2010/12/18/athletic-body-diversity-reference-for-artists/

http://io9.com/5867970/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/2011/12/14/the-ethics-of-altering-memory-get-a-bit-ahead-of-the-science-but-just-a-bit/

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/12/13/the-weird-wingless-ant-that-glides-about-upside-down-and-backwards/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+DiscoverDiscoblog+%28Discoblog%29&utm_content=Google+Reader

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/nasa-comet-harpoon/

http://ia700505.us.archive.org/25/items/cbarchive_116249_mosquitoesfeedingonengorgedmos1971/MN_V31_N1_P110-111.pdf

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/thoughtomics/2011/12/14/evolution-amongst-the-echoes/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/girliemac/sets/72157628409467125/show/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=trRJ4J15xU8&feature=share

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2011/dec/13/lifebulb-light?CMP=twt_gu

http://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/static-moving-fish/

http://bigthink.com/ideas/41537

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/14/the-ugly-facts-about-rape/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111215.html

http://www.hrw.org/news/2011/12/14/us-refusal-veto-detainee-bill-historic-tragedy-rights

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644232-freedom-of-religion-and-the-secular-state

http://www.tnr.com/blog/jonathan-cohn/98525/young-adults-under-25-insurance-obamacare-cdc-hhs

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/mead/mead-shaping.html

http://laughingsquid.com/guitar-pedals-an-interactive-art-installation-of-96-guitar-effects-pedals-by-david-byrne/

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2011/12/superflies-bred-to-be-the-first-astronauts-on-titan.html

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/15/look-no-hands-ants-kill-termites-with-airborne-chemical-weapons/

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/12/why-musical-genius-requires-apple-pie-a-response-to-roger-ebert/

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/compound-eye/2011/12/15/visiting-the-devils-garden/

http://reason.com/blog/2011/12/15/instapundit-on-possible-talking-while-dr

http://eagleman.com/eagleman-blog/130-scanning-a-mummy

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/checkpoint-washington/post/between-mccain-and-putin-theres-no-love-lost/2011/12/15/gIQAdFSxvO_blog.html?tid=sm_twitter_washingtonpost

http://laughingsquid.com/baby-rhinos-making-cute-squealing-sounds/

http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21228421.300-bank-says-no-ditch-the-bank--borrow-from-the-crowd.html?DCMP=NLC-nletter&nsref=mg21228421.300

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-12/plos-csa121211.php

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/15/creationist-abuse-of-cuttlefish-chitin/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/the-nightmarish-sopa-hearings/2011/12/15/gIQA47RUwO_blog.html

http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/12/hitchens-cancer-war-religion

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=motions-unmask-moods

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/12/postscript-christopher-hitchens.html

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/umg-we-have-the-right-to-block-or-remove-youtube-videos.ars

http://www.broadinstitute.org/news/3784

http://www.randi.org/site/index.php/component/content/article/16-james-randi/1562-weve-lost-a-giant.html

http://www.theweinerworks.com/?p=1088

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ted-cadsby/defying-our-maker-what-th_b_1140486.html

http://io9.com/5868776/


http://www.thenation.com/article/165200/reading-christopher

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/11/08/science/08science-chimps.html?ref=science

http://www.digitalbusstop.com/cartoon-medical-disorders/

http://kotaku.com/5868595/nerds-and-male-privilege

http://www.theroot.com/teen-spanked-video-killed-new-orleans

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/12/17/new-york-students-protest-outside-high-school-over-tebowing-incident/

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/16/the-dark-side-of-hitchens/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29




http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/12/hitchens-amis-totalitarian

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zhDQkSqii-E

http://gawker.com/5868761

http://blogs.thedailybeast.com/sources-and-targets/2011/12/16/i-will-miss-christopher-hitchens

http://gizmodo.com/5868071/expensive-gear-to-shower-upon-mark-zuckerberg?comment=45288340#comments

http://motherboard.vice.com/2011/12/16/dear-congress-it-s-no-longer-ok-to-not-know-how-the-internet-works

http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/611201main_NASA_SI_Policy_12_15_11.pdf

http://www.informationisbeautifulawards.com/blog/

http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2012/01/hitchens-201201

http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu05arGcXh1r24d9go1_1280.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAJ6IHWSU3BX3X7X3Q&Expires=1324181688&Signature=hpiA3tEJKfBssbDzrQ1oLxrsVBY%3D

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/16/i-take-joy-in-discomfiting-the-godly/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://www.npgraphicdesign.com/bbt.jpg

http://www.metafilter.com/110619/Buncha-muncha-cruncha-humans

http://imgur.com/PLqAL

http://www.themathlab.com/geometry/section10/holetrick.htm

http://sciencedefeated.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/09999-1/

http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Logical_fallacy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCZB-k4jKBc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HthQ6a7FZeA&feature=related

http://watchout4snakes.com/CreativityTools/RandomParagraph/RandomParagraph.aspx

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2011/12/independent_bookstores_vs_amazon_buying_books_online_is_better_for_authors_better_for_the_economy_and_better_for_you_.html?tid=sm_tw_button_toolbar

http://freethoughtblogs.com/almostdiamonds/2011/12/18/on-the-stability-of-iq/screen-shot-2011-12-18-at-8-59-08-am/

http://green.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/the-tree-of-life-gets-a-makeover/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/19/world/asia/kim-jong-il-is-dead.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&smid=fb-share&src=tp

http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/news/new-york-list-gallery-shows-12-19-11.asp

http://io9.com/5869841/

http://i.imgur.com/L3Ooy.gif

http://skepchick.org/

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/16/seriously-this-is-your-grand-plan/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/anti-caturday_post_15.php

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/12/16/will-christopher-hitchens-be-remembered-as-a-great-writer-or-a-great-orator.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-lN8vWm3m0

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2011/12/17/ive-got-your-missing-links-right-here-17-december-2011/

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/lauren-collins/2011/12/dinner-with-hitchens.html

http://www.salon.com/2011/12/17/christohper_hitchens_and_the_protocol_for_public_figure_deaths/

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/humanities_majors_will_be_fine.php

http://scienceline.org/2011/12/science-vs-politics/

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/id.14344,y.0,no.,content.true,page.3,css.print/issue.aspx

http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2011/12/20/the-ghouls-new-game/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+freethoughtblogs%2Fpharyngula+%28FTB%3A+Pharyngula%29

http://prefrontal.org/blog/2011/04/the-seven-sins-of-neuromarketing/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/20/world/africa/us-considers-combating-shabab-militants-twitter-use.html?_r=3

http://laughingsquid.com/twitter-by-post-a-snail-mail-project-uses-postcards-to-create-tweets/

http://richarddawkins.net/articles/644293-how-to-make-atheism-matter

http://www.nature.com/news/rules-on-integrity-signal-tighter-stance-1.9694

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=nine-nations-with-nuclear-weapons