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Happy Saturday!

Tom Arrison — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:51:32 +0000

Happy Saturday!

Tom Arrison — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 13:07:26 +0000

Questioning impacts of health aid in Africa

Tom Arrison — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:47:01 +0000

Roger Cook argues that the large amount of aid provided to Africa since 2000 to improve public health, much of it targeting HIV, has not had the desired effect.

Thinking about status hierarchies

Tom Arrison — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:40:06 +0000

Back in June 2011, Michael Kraus wrote this interesting post about status hierarchies for the Psych Your Mind blog, with some readings.

DPUI: Dog purchasing under the influence

Tom Arrison — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:19:45 +0000

This New York Times story from back in July chronicles the problem of people purchasing puppies while drunk, and a couple Greenwich Village pet stores that bar “visibly intoxicated patrons from buying, playing with, or even cradling puppies.”

Steven Pinker and the decline of violence

Tom Arrison — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 02:08:05 +0000

The New York Times profiles evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker, whose most recent book, The Better Angels of Our Nature explores the decline in violence of various forms over recent centuries.

Early color photographs from the Musée Albert-Kahn

Tom Arrison — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:15:42 +0000

In the early part of the 20th century, French banker Albert Kahn embarked on a project to use the new technology of color photography to record the world and its people. This article in the Daily Mirror includes several interesting photos, including this one of New York’s Plaza Hotel, which had recently opened.

Manhattan's Plaza Hotel in the early 20th century

Wired science photo galleries

Tom Arrison — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:54:05 +0000

Wired collects their best science image galleries of 2011. From July, this gallery shows natural sand formations, including this photo from the coast of Scotland by Martyn Gorman.

Sands of Forvie, Scotland, by Martyn Gorman

Review of 2011 for the yakuza

Tom Arrison — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:29:28 +0000

Jake Adelstein recounts the major developments in Japanese organized crime news in Number 1 Shimbun.

Happy Saturday!

Tom Arrison — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:36:51 +0000