Monday, January 12, 2015

Miss Cellania's Links

Monkey Business: Capuchins Learn to Spend Money. And they make the same financial mistakes humans make.

You can show a man what it’s like to be stared at by giving him a cake to carry. But that still won’t make him feel objectified. 

Lyra’s Whisper. A bedtime story for adults.

How William Giraldi spent his paternity leave, and how Mallory Ortberg interpreted it. (via Metafilter)

Ten Absurd Winter Driving Myths That Need To Die.

The entire purpose of having photo identification cards is to have a record of what someone looks like, so it defeats the purpose to alter them. But schools are doing exactly this now.

One coach’s nightmare—sending the absolute wrong video to female players via Snapchat. It was a simple mistake, but he should have known better.

An Orson Welles-Worthy Science Fiction Film Marathon. The 100th anniversary of Welles’ birth is as good an excuse as any to watch the history of cinematic sci-fi.

How Chemistry Overcame Its Greatest Blunder. Phlogiston? I think they were just writing fantasy fiction and calling it science.

A flirter's dilemma: subtlety vs. success. Better give it some extra effort, or else they might think you’re just a friendly type.

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