Interesting Links for 20-11-2014

• This gecko-inspired contraption lets you effortlessly climb glass walls
  (tags: climbing technology nature )
• Meet the Australian TV presenter who decided to stop wearing make-up
  (tags: makeup tv Australia viaJennieRigg )
• Why you should watch Prince of Egypt rather than Exodus: Gods & Kings
  (tags: movies bible egypt race religion )
• New EU VAT rules change the game for digital businesses
  (tags: Amazon Google tax business Europe )
• Yay! There's going to be a sequel to Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light!!!
  (tags: games )
• Antibiotics in the second/third trimester and c-sections are both linked to greater childhood obesity
  (tags: obesity bacteria caesarians children pregnancy antibiotics )
• Firefox stops using Google as it's default search provider
  (tags: search Google Firefox )
• 11 Questions Lesbians Get Asked
  (tags: lgbt funny video )
• Will Scotland's railways improve by going Dutch?
  (tags: Netherlands Scotland railways transport )
• Rice Yield Increase of 30 Percent Enabled by Use of a Photosynthesis Switch
  (tags: rice food genes )
• Government dismisses study linking use of food banks to benefit cuts
  (tags: welfare poverty UK politics food )

QOTD: On Evolutionary Psychology

Overheard on FB.

My observations suggest that men are just hardwired to believe in evolutionary psychology. I guess, millions of years ago on the African Savannah, there was an evolutionary advantage to the hunting sex being able to jump to swift, simple conclusions based on minimal data, & leave the detailed understanding to the Gathering sex who were evolving the skills for nuanced, dynamic theorisation.