October 2017

reaction centre structures shed light on the origins of photosynthesis - Wired

reforming the peer-review system - TLS

"In some disciplines, the formal peer-review system appears to have failed on a huge scale."

is Pope Francis a heretic? - Guardian

the sorry history of Australia's National Broadband Network - Monthly

the development myth of women's "empowerment" - NYT [via @katherinesmiles]

the background history: Ireland, the UK, and the EU - RTE

Australian bookshops contemplate Amazon's imminent arrival - NYT

Dan Brown really is an excruciatingly bad writer - Week

still looking for a common cold vaccine - Guardian

10 recommendations for AI deployments - Medium

"Core public agencies should no longer use 'black box' AI and algorithmic systems."

Italian schools to teach how to detect fake news - NYT

there are no upsides, only downsides, to leaving Euratom - Sky

teaching children about consent - GoodMenProject

what no one told me about the Netherlands - RobertWeetman

"In Amsterdam I could hear my children talking to me."

15,000 British children can't live in the UK with both parents - ChildrensCommissioner

"the UK has the least family-friendly family reunification policies out of 38 developed countries"

the science of interrogation - Guardian

"if you can deal with teenagers you can deal with terrorists"

the Home Office, separating British children from their parents - Guardian

17 months to build an IAEA-compliant safeguarding system and a bilateral agreement with the US? not possible - Sky

a firefighting perspective on the California fires - NYT

the UK's "no deal" preparations are still just waffle - BBC

a "Pottery Barn you break it you buy" it rule for scientific journals? - HardSci

Athens' Sicilian Expedition the best military metaphor for Brexit? - @eurosluggard

the 20th anniversary of Bank of England independence: fighting the last crisis? - Guardian

parliament, not the judiciary, is responsible for the UK's over-imprisonment problem - SecretBarrister

random discovery: Marcin Blazewicz Double concerto for violin, accordion and orchestra - YouTube

Finland is going to get rid of school subjects - CuriousMind [via @gringene_bio]

despite pound crash, German imports from UK down from 1.65 to 1.48 million tons, June on June... - Zeit

possibly manufacturers shifting supply chains to prepare for Brexit

the Times descends to deceit to incite racism - Guardian

why Apple Pay isn't taking off in the UK - Drum [via @phaseit]

the Eastern European threat to the European Union - Bloomberg

global warming is most reliably tracked through ocean heat content and sea level rise - EOS

AC Grayling, "I accuse" - NewEuropean

another piece on the importance of sleep - Guardian

Britain revealed through its spy novels - Economist