Wolf Evolution and “Settled Science”
Ricki Lewis reframes a discussion about wolf taxonomy into a discussion about the evidence for so-called “climate change.”
Sunday Comics
“I’m not one who makes believe, I know that leaves are green. They only change to brown when autumn comes around. I know just what I say, today’s not yesterday, and all things have an ending.”
A Nonviolent Strategy to Liberate Syria
Robert J. Burrowes considers a solution to the Syrian problem that requires no mourning mothers.
Can the Laws of Robotics be Adapted for Paleontology?
Andrew Farke considers some rules for scientists to behave well, culled from Asimov and Roddenberry.
Free Thing of the Week: Pepper and Carrot Motion Comic
Pepper and Carrot moves from comic strip to animation in today’s Free Thing.
100 Years of the Espionage Act
Priscilla Guo gives a brief history of the United States Espionage Act and how it has routinely been used to repress information.
Free Thing of the Week: Twitter and Tear Gas
On a theme of digital activism and community comes Zeynep Tüfekçi’s latest book to help you clarify your thinking.
Free Thing of the Week: Open
Continuing our attempts to open up education and bring you more stuff, we bring to you an new book born of controversy.
Free Thing of the Week: Thingiverse Cryptography Wheel
3D printing for teachers, students, and the merely curious in today’s Free Thing, which focuses on basic cryptography by building a wheel to solve the Caesar Cipher and others.
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