Year: 2017
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Wolf Evolution and “Settled Science”
Ricki Lewis reframes a discussion about wolf taxonomy into a discussion about the evidence for so-called “climate change.”
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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.”
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A Nonviolent Strategy to Liberate Syria
Robert J. Burrowes considers a solution to the Syrian problem that requires no mourning mothers.
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Can the Laws of Robotics be Adapted for Paleontology?
Andrew Farke considers some rules for scientists to behave well, culled from Asimov and Roddenberry.
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Free Thing of the Week: Pepper and Carrot Motion Comic
Pepper and Carrot moves from comic strip to animation in today’s Free Thing.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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