I've got your missing links right here (10 March 2012)

Not Exactly Rocket Science
By Ed Yong
Mar 10, 2012 8:00 PMMay 17, 2019 8:44 PM

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Eliza Strickland has an amazing piece on the millionaire who’s on a quest to dive to the deepest spot in the oceans. Meanwhile, Al Dove writes about James Cameron’s Marianas expedition, which he calls “the biggest deep sea exploration news in 50 years”

A *beautifully written* Economist piece on the dim future for nuclear power by Ollie Morton

This feature on TED and other ideas conferences is hilariously scathing and sorely needed. Meanwhile, Megan Garber has a really sharp analysis - TED makes ideas smaller - which also applies to the “big-idea” brand of non-fiction.

How easy would it be to manufacture the mutant flu strains from scratch? Great and important piece by Carl Zimmer.

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