I am getting on a plane today, so here is some interesting reading from throughout the web to tide you over til tomorrow:
The Neurophilosopher has a fascinating article on how parasites affect the behavior of their hosts, sometimes even burrowing into their brains -- just like pod people!!!
The Scientist on a scientific approach to diversity programs.
The Economist on the floundering European climate change abatement program, and an appeal for the legalization of kidney sales.
Science Fiction Book Club has the top 50 best science fiction books of the last 50 years.
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There's a slick new online Sci Fi rag called Lightspeed. I like this one because they also publish nonfiction pieces that are relevant to their fiction stories.
Last Friday I went to at talk by Brian David Johnson from Intel. That sentence sounds like any other that an academic could write--always with the going to seminars we acahacks are.
"The British are sniffy about sci-fi, but there is nothing artificial in its ability to convey apprehension about the universe and ourselves."
Cat and Girl offers a smashing take on facts and fiction. An excerpt from Spoiler Alert: