Armstrong

It’s funny how hearing it from the horse’s mouth makes allegations you were sure were factual more true. For me it also made it more shocking. Just astonishing that you can get so used to having pretty well everything work the way you want it to and...

Peak demographics in China

Peak demographics from the EIU has some fascinating insight into the nature of the demographic changes in China that sit underneath the extraordinary prediction that the country’s working age population is set to peak this year (2013). This sounds like a...
The Orion bullets

The Orion bullets

Stunning shot of blue gas clouds (the size of Pluto’s orbit) being ejected into the space surrounding Orion. APOD: 2013 January 10 – The Orion Bullets.
UK economy: Let’s call it failure

UK economy: Let’s call it failure

This John Lanchester article is a must-read, but a wearing one as it bears no route to salvation. Summary: the coalition’s austerity programme has failed and the cuts promised are impossible to deliver. What I really don’t understand is why I don’t...

Snow fall

Very interesting multimedia approach to reporting the story of a fatal avalanche in the US. http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2012/snow-fall/?pagewanted=all#/?part=tunnel-creek