23andme uses data for crowdsourced depression study - and with much larger numbers than previous studies, finds some significant genome associations. 

Science Fiction Writers of America Nebula suggested reading list - books eligible for the 2016 Nebulas recommended by members of the SFWA. I keep thinking I'm going to go and look at it and find what is new that I could be reading, but the truth is I have too many books as it is, so I'm going to stop looking at such lists. 

At the far ends of a new universal law - Quanta Magazine, Statistical Physics article about the Tracy-Widom distribution, which shows up in 'tipping point' models, as well as lots of other areas of science where there are systems of interacting components. 


So, you must talk to the woman wearing headphones - Fabulous response to the misguided post that suggested that a man who wants to talk to a woman wearing headphones needs to just keep persisting, rather than respect her right to ignore him. 

Why do we judge parents for putting kids at perceived - but unreal - risk? - mostly a review of a very interesting research project that looked at both morality and risk judgements on a series of manipulated scenarios, and how the rating of the 'morality' of the situation affects peoples response as to the 'danger'. 

Women of Samsung walk out - National Strike for Equal Pay hits Korea [note: this is not a true story, read to the end]