Interesting Links for 12-12-2015

[andrewducker]

• The amazing wind map now supports numerous types of data, and different map projections!
  • And now I've spent half an hour clicking on different map projections. Oh noes!
  • maps visualisation weather viaElfy
• Spoiler alert: Turns out some people like spoilers, and some people really don't!
  • spoilers psychology viasupergee
• The world's 15 largest ships emit more pollution than all of its cars combined
  • pollution transport ocean ship
• The man who had his brain scanned twice a week, to see how it changed.
  • neuroscience mri brain
• Whose work will enter the public domain this year? (Not in the USA, of course)
  • copyright
• Chile plans a hydropower plant - in the desert
  • hydroelectric desert chile
• Placebo effects are weak: regression to the mean is the main reason ineffective treatments appear to work
  • placebo statistics research
• Sex differences in brain may underlie neurodevelopmental disorders more common in males
  • gender brains autism
• How the penis disappeared from the vibrator
  • sextoys penis
• A friend is looking for advice on how to collect gender data respectfully
  • gender identity survey
• The only reasonable solution to the Trump problem
  • comic funny politics
• Edinburgh on Film (click on each picture...)
  • Edinburgh movies photos
• Alcohol and Breastfeeding
  • alcohol breastfeeding
• The Daily Mail & Sun are outraged at a BBC children's animation featuring 'Isis toast'
  • It's not like children's animation has a history of slapstick violence. Or that children love it.
  • funny food OhForFucksSake DailyMail animation viaJennieRigg
• On Japanese Tea Parties and Cultural Appropriation
  • cultural_appropriation Japan
• Canada shows the world how to deal with Syrian refugees
  • It is almost tempting to move there.
  • Canada asylum refugee epicwin
• I really, really hope that at least one woman gets elected in the upcoming Saudi elections
  • voting women saudiarabia democracy rights