Interesting Links for 23-08-2018

Saudi Arabia seeks death penalty for woman activist

(tags: saudiarabia death_penalty )

How do you like it, Elon Musk? ‘Impressive’ Russian inventions to rival Tesla’s space launch

(tags: Russia Spacex meme funny ViaDrCross )

Mum’s a Neanderthal, Dad’s a Denisovan: discovery of an ancient-human hybrid

(tags: humans prehistory genetics )

Napoleon’s defeat partly caused by massive volcano ‘short circuiting’ electrical current in atmosphere

(tags: volcano war France history )

Carbon Dioxide can have large effects on sleep and concentration – and can rise sharply at night

Shame meters are so expensive. Do five other Edinburgh people want to throw on £20 each?
(tags: co2 intelligence sleep )

Europe to ban halogen lightbulbs (in a week’s time)

(tags: europe globalwarming led lighting )

Aeolus: Britain’s wind mapping satellite lifts off (over a decade late, but hopefully the data will be worth the wait)

(tags: wind weather uk space )

Amazon tribe which has never had contact with the outside world seen for the first time in amazing drone footage

(tags: amazon brazil drone )

The war over supercooled water (and why researchers need to release their code)

(tags: software physics simulation fail research )

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