World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns.

(…) the majority of the Earth’s land area has now been impacted by humans, with just 15% protected for nature. Poaching and exploitation for food is another major factor, due to unsustainable fishing and hunting: more than 300 mammal species are being eaten into extinction, according to recent research.

Just don't call it “Jurassic Park.”

Inside the Frozen Zoo That Could Bring Extinct Animals Back to Life.

What's More Distracting Than A Noisy Co-Worker? Turns Out, Not Much.

The Gaslighting of the Millennial Generation.

Relevant: Americans Are Dying Faster. Millennials, Too.

TIL “ghoti” is pronounced like “fish”.

What are some ways of making word games that make use of people's propensity for language play, but don't force them to be jerks?

Uh-0h…

Patient Zero in HIV crisis was misidentified.

Through a labeling error on Dugas’s case file, Patient O (the letter) became Patient 0 (zero) — and the characterization that he was the source of the US outbreak stuck in the popular press.

An Ivy League professor says there are only three types of friendships we make.

Die Psychologie hinter Online-Kommentaren.

Obama und Merkel reden auf den Facebook-Chef ein, die Witwe eines toten US-Soldaten verklagt Twitter. Ständig diskutieren wir über unsere »Debattenkultur«. Dabei wissen wir sehr genau, warum Diskussionen missglücken. Schuld sind wir selbst, sagen die Psychologen. Also auch Sie. Das Gute daran ist: Wir können es besser machen.

Remember PubSubHubbub?

It’s now called PubSub and a W3C working draft.

Code dependencies are the devil.