Links
On a cosmological timescale, The Earth's period of habitability is nearly over | International Space Fellowship
E. O. Wilson: Trailhead : The New Yorker
Leitkultur Humanismus und Aufklärung
Femina Sapiens in the Nursery by Kay S. Hymowitz, City Journal Autumn 2009
Ratio: Can I really learn to be a better cook just using Michael Ruhlman's method? - By Jennifer Reese - Slate Magazine
Richard Wrangham's Catching Fire. - By Christine Kenneally - Slate Magazine
The Civil Heretic - Freeman Dyson - NYTimes.com
Freeman Dyson, eminent physicist, is a fierce opponent of current mainstream views on global warning. The article explains his views and gives an overview over his biography of this wise man. Very worth reading.
Taste for Makers
The Migration History of Humans: DNA Study Traces Human Origins Across the Continents: Scientific American
WolframTones: An Experiment in a New Kind of Music
The World Question Center 2008
165 scientists answered this year’s question: what have you changed your mind about? Why? The result is a highly interesting snapshot of current developments in many fields of research. Because it’s not peanuts that those guys change their mind about.
Meme selection
Roots of human family tree are shallow - Yahoo! News
EDGE: SPECULATIONS ON THE FUTURE OF SCIENCE By Kevin Kelly
Alan Sokal Articles on the "Social Text" Affair
Arts & Letters Daily - ideas, criticism, debate
World History
Manuel DeLanda Annotated Bibliography
