Delicious LiveJournal Links for 5-30-2010

[andrewducker]

• A breakthrough cure for Ebola - and possibly for other viruses too.
  (tags: medicine science dna nanotech)
• How the US Census has asked about race since 1790
  (tags: race history usa government society diversity politics census)
• Swiss naked hiker's appeal upheld
  Now there's a sensible country.
  (tags: naked Nudity law switzerland)

Comments

wow...

[darkoshi]

"The BBC's Imogen Foulkes reports that Appenzell is traditionally a rather devout and conservative region, which only gave women the vote in 1990. "

Re: wow...

[scribb1e.livejournal.com]

snap!

Also, see this.

Re: wow...

[andrewducker]

It's amazing how backward some parts of the Western world still are.

Re: wow...

[andrewducker]

I know! Crazy!

[scribb1e.livejournal.com]

"Appenzell [where the naked hiker was hiking] is traditionally a rather devout and conservative region, which only gave women the vote in 1990."

Switzerland, sensible... except with regard to women.