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Richard Thaler's piece in the New York Times talking about the rise of behavioural economics (he has a book out on the topic that gets ...

The Atlantic has an article up talking about Age of Ultron and the "sagas" that the superhero comics have tactically developed t...

Execution by Cannon - Beachcombing's Bizarre History Blog Can't say I had heard of the practice before...

James Mollison photographs playgrounds around the world in his book, Playground. The photos are actually of schoolyards during recess aroun...

....but this isn't the first conspiracy he's been exposed to: (OK, maybe his face blends in too well for this to work.)

Alternative 2015-16 budget - On Line Opinion - 6/5/2015 David Leyonhjelm's "alternative budget" first appeared in AFR,  but i...

Good food: Nose-to-tail eating | The Economist From this review of a book about pigs in history: The curly-tailed animals have proven ex...

The moral imperative to research editing embryos: The need to modify Nature and Science | Practical Ethics I see via Jason Soon that there...

I woke up this morning from an odd but not unpleasant dream, which initially featured zombie like re-animated dead people (they could talk b...

Paranoia Strikes Derp - NYTimes.com Paul Krugman brings to my attention some current Right wing nuttiness in America, that the dim Ted Cruz...

Coalition economic agenda is crony capitalism | Crikey I don't always agree with BK, but I reckon he makes a reasonable case here.

Two great shows on the ABC last night: *  Foreign Correspondent visited King George Island , at the northern top of Antarctica, and which ...

Who is this Jason Wilson who writes at the Guardian, and why does he look sort of like an aging daggy hipster but without the beard? Anyho...

I guess the free travel and accommodation paid for by mining billionaires and mystery funded "think tanks" has dried up, so former...

Warm oceans caused hottest Dust Bowl years in 1934/36 This seems to makes sense, given that California has been hot lately with a large poo...