Interesting Links for 03-05-2018

The world's oldest known spider.

I'm glad I read this, even if I do now itch all over
(tags: spiders )

The cards while not be stacked this badly against anyone

(tags: society inequality )

Calls for complete overhaul of 'unfit' inheritance tax system

I always liked the idea of treating or as income, and so subject to income tax
(tags: tax death uk )

'Dirty money': U-turn as Tories back plans to make tax havens transparent

(tags: tax uk )

Even those participants who claimed pop culture is unimportant suffered psychological ill effects from feeling out of the loop

(tags: culture psychology happiness )

Writer Picks Up Poker For Book Stunt, Wins So Much Money That The Book Is On Hold

(tags: poker journalism games viaCipherGoth )

Cheerleaders are taking their teams to court for, basically, pimping them out

(tags: sports usa sex )

Switch for turning off fear found in brains of mice

(tags: fear emotion mice )

Japan: robot dogs get solemn Buddhist send-off at funerals

(tags: robots dogs religion death )