To put off grading for a little while longer, here are a handful of links.
Nuclear and Disaster
Sir Martin Rees, “Can We Prevent the End of the World?”
US Government
Charlie Savage and James Risen, “Senate Rejects Claim on Hunt for Bin Laden.”
Alexis C. Madrigal, “What It’s Like to Work for Donald Rumsfeld.”
I have had a great couple days listening to the boundary 2 conference. And after a productive and interesting week teaching Dear Esther (2012), Gone Home (2013), and Jennifer Egan‘s Look at Me (2001), I’m going to take the day to deeply immerse myself in football. So, I have a bit of time for some links.
Science and Environment
Rob Nixon reviews Naomi Klein’s This Changes Everything.
Margalit Fox, “Jonathan Schell, 70, Author on War in Vietnam and Nuclear Age, Dies.”
Mark Landler, “US and China Reach Climate Accord After Months of Talks.”
Geoff Brumfiel, “New Clock May End Time as We Know It.”
Annalee Newitz, “It’s Looking More and More Likely That We Live in a Multiverse.”
The Hyperarchival Parallax 