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This week, I was travelling in Europe (from Lausanne to Amsterdam), and since I have no cell-phone, it is a bit difficult - somethimes - to follow blogs and the news on the internet. Nevertheless, this week, there were - at least - three very interesting articles,"As a scientist your job is to bring new knowledge into the world. Hiding it behind a journal's paywall is unacceptable" http://guardian.co.uk/science/ …"why pollution should be taxed for Pigouvian reasons" http://columbiauniversity.us/… via margrev's blog"Heat, Flood or Icy Cold, Extreme Weather Rages Worldwide" http://nytimes.com/ …on different topics, and still, other posts here and there,"How the NRA exerts influence over Congress" http://washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/…"It's Legal For Some Insurers To Discriminate Based On Genes" http://npr.org/blogs/health/ …"Why do academics work so much?" http://thesiswhisperer.com/…"The value of Scrabble tiles as determined by auction" http://cheaptalk.org/… via margrev see also http://cheaptalk.org/ …"Multivariate Regression Model for (IBNR) Reserving" http://r-bloggers.com/loss-res…how much will you pay to watch sports on TV http://theatlantic.com/bu/ … or http://motherjones.com/k… via http://marginalrevolution.com…"New big data firm to pioneer topological data analysis" http://guardian.co.uk/…"Edge and the Art Collector" http://nplusonemag.com/edge-and-the-art-collector …"A simple explanation of credit default swaps and their impact on Europe’s debt crisis" http://stlouisfed.org/… by stlouisfed via rszbt"Have We Solved Too Big To Fail?" No. http://voxeu.org/…We've made it three times worse."Harvard University says it can't afford journal publishers' prices" http://guardian.co.uk/science/…"Why Programmers Work At Night" http://businessinsider.com/… I guess it works generally for academic, via younesb91"Where there's smoke, there's.... climate change" http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/… via http://esciencenews.com/…"Early career researchers making their own luck – with help from the internet" http://guardian.co.uk/higher-education-network/…"The Spell of Mathematics" http://blog.supplysideliberal.com/…"Optimal dartboard hits the bullseye" http://guardian.co.uk/science/… see also http://wired.com/magazine/2009/ …“Views Among Economists: Professional Consensus or Point-Counterpoint?” http://aeaweb.org/aea/… via http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/…et quelques billets et articles en francais, cette semaine encoreah! la créativité des publicitaires http://souslelogo.com/ … "les mots les plus utilisés dans les slogans publicitaires" Pierre-Yves Geoffard sur les taxis http://liberation.fr/economie/…"La science, mal aimée de la presse ?" http://speakingofscience.docteo.net/cience-2/ … Interview de PasseurSciences via MathieuRouault guillaumecoqui"Suicide(s)" le billet de tomroud sur Aaron Swartz http://tomroud.cafe-sciences.org/ …