More Sex Is Safer Sex: The Unconventional Wisdom of Economics - Steven E. Landsburg (A review)
Good review of a new popular economics book
(tags: Economics counterintuitive activism scepticism Critical_Thinking statistics)
Face Research » Psychology experiments about preferences for faces and voices
FaceResearch.org allows you to participate in short online psychology experiments looking at the traits people find attractive [...]
When Chris F pinged me with a link to Fleshbot about Naked Belgrade, I did not expect to find that I personally know at least half the models!
Here is one of my faves…
The other 10 girls or so are here…
99 Postcard From Belgrade Part 1
99 Postcards From Belgrade Part 2
Pollution-cholesterol link to heart disease seen - Los Angeles Times
The combination activates genes that can cause clogged arteries, UCLA researchers say.
(tags: health pollution environment genes genetics)
Summer Express: 101 Simple Meals Ready in 10 Minutes or Less - New York Times
(tags: health nutrition Recipes food lifestyle)
From Europol - Trafficking of Women and Children for Sexual Exploitation in the EU: The Involvement of Western Balkans Organised Crime.
Serbia is now a developed source, trafficking and destination point. And girls are being targeted by couples, who appear completely legitimate. Read the report for more.
Survey: Men Happiest With Smart Wives
The more educated the happier the husbands. But it could be due to earning power or raw intelligence.
(tags: happiness intelligence psychology women gender men Neuroscience evolutionary_psychology sex)
Neatorama » Blog Archive » Latin You Should Know.
(tags: education linguistics culture language)
SF Signal: SF/F Writers Who Blog
(tags: publishing lists sci-fi writing)
As I write a huge thunderstorm is approaching Belgrade from the east and ahead of it a front of cool air is relieving the city from the inhuman heat of the last week or so. Today any last vestige of fun was stripped from the situation when I experienced a 42 degree Kosava wind blasting [...]
23 year old Maysha is one of the most beautiful women I have ever seen. She is a regular on the Belgrade clubbing scene.
See more of her photos and facts at her Myspace profile: http://www.myspace.com/pauchko
Some of the photos above are the work of an superb local photographer [...]
Modernism died 35 years ago today
(tags: jahsonic architecture design society so)
Safest Seat - How to Survive Plane Accident
In the wake of nearly 200 passenger deaths in a Brazilian airliner accident, we take an exclusive look at 36 years’ worth of NTSB reports and seating charts. The best way to live through a disaster in the [...]
Solar Power Wins Enthusiasts but Not Money - New York Times
(tags: energy oil sustainability peak_oil)
Found: the giant lion-eating chimps of the magic forest | The Guardian
Deep in the Congolese jungle is a band of apes that, according to local legend, kill lions, catch fish and even howl at the moon. Local hunters speak of massive [...]