“The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics” (GWAS hits replicate across populations; dominance genetic variation explains little of variation—most continues to be additive.)
Nasal cycle (One thing I find interesting about the nasal cycle is that even though it’s ultra-noticeable when you have a cold or stuffy nose, a lot of people seem to have either never realized that they have a cycle or assume it’s a personal idiosyncrasy of their nose. Sort of the opposite of the typical mind fallacy.)
Everything is heritable:
“Eight thousand years of [human] natural selection in Europe”, Mathieson et al 2015 (Khan)
“The Fourth Law of Behavior Genetics” (GWAS hits replicate across populations; dominance genetic variation explains little of variation—most continues to be additive.)
Politics/religion:
“Break-In at Y-12: How a handful of pacifists and nuns exposed the vulnerability of America’s nuclear-weapons sites.”
“The Irish Slave Trade—The Forgotten “White” Slaves; The Slaves That Time Forgot”
Breast attitudes in North & South Korea
“Longevity of popes and artists between the 13th and the 19th century”, Carrieri & Serraino 2005
The redemption movement
“The Lesson of Iraq”
“Different modes of discourse”
The iron law of oligarchy
Statistics/AI/meta-science:
“Compliance with Results Reporting at ClinicalTrials.gov”, Anderson et al 2015 (incentives matter)
“The Mystery Machine: End-to-end Performance Analysis of Large-scale Internet Services” (commentary)
“Many Labs 3: Evaluating participant pool quality across the academic semester via replication” (commentary)
“p Values are not Error Probabilities”, Hubbard & Bayarri 2003 (excerpts)
“Most Published Research Findings Are False—But a Little Replication Goes a Long Way”, Moonesinghe 2007
“Understanding Bayes Theorem With Ratios”
“Mice Fall Short as Test Subjects for Some of Humans’ Deadly Ills”
Psychology/biology:
“Coincidental killers: We assume that microbes evolved to attack humans when actually we are just civilian casualties in a much older war”
“The myopia boom: Short-sightedness is reaching epidemic proportions. Some scientists think they have found a reason why”
“New Improved Lottery”: the Premium Bond
Nasal cycle (One thing I find interesting about the nasal cycle is that even though it’s ultra-noticeable when you have a cold or stuffy nose, a lot of people seem to have either never realized that they have a cycle or assume it’s a personal idiosyncrasy of their nose. Sort of the opposite of the typical mind fallacy.)
Technology:
“Hacking the Papal Election”
“In High-Tech Japan, the Fax Machines Roll On”
the qanat/karez irrigation system in Turpan
Economics:
“What’s Changed about the Standard of Living? It’s Complicated. But Hopeful.”
“Iceland Looks to Export Power Bubbling From Below”
“In China, Families Bet It All on College for Their Children”
“Assembling the Billing Block” (the power struggle behind film credits)
Philosophy:
“The Great Filter—Are We Almost Past It?”, Hanson 1998
Moral anti-realism
Fiction:
“The Cambist and Lord Iron” (discussion)
“Extracts from the Club Diary” (Stross; Coffee steampunk, Mars, the end of the world) & “It Was All For The Tuna”
“Unlock your Spock” (Star Trek poem for Leonard Nimoy)