Lecturas de Domingo (31)

– La cuestión más importante que aún no se ha respondido sobre el número Pi

– Cocaine: the new face of deforestation in Central America

– Los terremotos no se pueden predecir

– Professor cooks up recipe for turning wood chips into food

– Stable Isotope Analysis of Precipitation Samples Obtained via Crowdsourcing Reveals the Spatiotemporal Evolution of Superstorm Sandy

Industria – Economía

– La economía del Sexo en Estados Unidos (Atlanta, ciudad del sexo, drogas y armas)

– Do massive dams ever make sense? A new report from researchers at Oxford University argues that large dams are a risky investment – soaring past projected budgets, drowning emerging economies in debt and failing to deliver promised benefits. Do they ever really make sense?

– Where the Good and Bad Jobs Will Be, 10 Years From Now

– How a System for Shared Taxi Rides Could Transform New York City

Periodismo

– A cuenta del avión malayo desaparecido: El avión que estuvo desaparecido más de medio siglo – What Happened to Air France Flight 447?

– El hombre que se puso un útero para desatar una revolución

– El silencio de la izquierda latinoamericana

La izquierda latinoamericana, si ha hablado ha sido por lo general para defender las tesis oficialistas: presunto golpe de Estado orquestado a nivel interior por la oligarquía fascista venezolana con apoyo de Estados Unidos. Ésta ha sido a grosso modo la reacción de los presidentes de Argentina, Bolivia, Cuba y Ecuador, sin menospreciar las declaraciones del brasileño Partido de los Trabajadores calificando de desestabilización la mera protesta ciudadana.

– South Sudan ponders the road ahead after ethnic killings. Prosecuting the leaders responsible would destabilize the fledgling country.

– Russian Pilots of the Congo

The Democratic Republic of Congo is one of the most dangerous countries in the world. It covers an area the size of Western Europe, but has only 1,250 miles of paved road. Naturally, one of the only ways to travel from place to place or to transport goods across the country is by air. Many of the most daring and dangerous pilots in the DRC are Russian. VICE News travels to Goma to meet these Russian expats, and learns what it’s like to be a pilot in a country where, in the sky, almost anything goes.