–NASA is trying to convince everyone that the world will not end in 2012.
–”We’re living in a golden age for writers and writing.”
–Felix Salmon makes the case for old-fashioned maps.
–California is doing more than any place else in the United States to tackle carbon emissions. Should it be allowed to attend the global climate talks?
–Sheldon Adelson, one of the top GOP donors in 2012, supports the DREAM Act, stem-cell research, fully legalized abortion, and single-payer health care.
–The mathematics of elevators.
–”There will eventually be neuroscientific explanations for much of what we do; but those explanations will turn out to be incredibly complicated. For now, our ability to understand how all those parts relate is quite limited.”
