When a Poem’s Wrongness Is Right
‘Plagiarists never do it once’: meet the sleuth tracking down the poetry cheats
The mysterious Voynich manuscript has finally been decoded…
The Creative World’s Bullshit Industrial Complex
‘Couple,’ ‘Few,’ and ‘Several’: The (Mostly) Definitive Guide
Richard Thompson’s literary influences.
Finding North America’s lost medieval city.
Study: knowing more doesn’t change disbeliefs about science.
I don’t know how to explain to you that you should care about other people.
Almost a year with out links or readings. It’s been that sort of year. Here are three to start us back up.
Maybe it’s aliens?… Probably not. Maybe they’re here.
The Secret Jews of The Hobbit.
Subterranean sonic blues? A journey through the first ever sound map of the London Underground.
Total solar eclipse. Already planning my roadtrip.
Hugo Awards announced last week. Some puppies were kicked.
Naming colors. The Crayola Effect.
Fifth force of nature. Insert obligatory George Martin reference here.
Following Columbus: The team trying to rewrite the explorer’s route [via BBC]
Could life on Earth have occurred prematurely? [via Astronomy]
Defining every English word used between 600 and 1150 CE [via University Affairs]
The Revenge of Monoculture: The Internet gave us more choices, but the mainstream won anyway [via Salon]
Beyond Anne Frank [via NYTimes]
Here’s Why We can’t just Rocket Garbage into the Sun [via Astronomy]
Welcome to the Scream Room
The universal gap [via Languagehat]
Russell Hoban’s manuscripts and Apple ][ acquired by Yale’s Beinecke Library
Alvin Toffler [via NYTimes]