In a wider sense, ocean acidification, warming, local pollution and overfishing are acting together to increase the threat to coral reefs – so much so that three-quarters of the world’s reefs are at risk of severe decline.

Not good news.

When your biology changes, so can your decision-making and your desires. The drives you take for granted “I’m a heterosexual/homosexual,” “I’m attracted to children/adults,” “I’m aggressive/not aggressive,” and so on depend on the intricate details of your neural machinery. Although acting on such drives is popularly thought to be a free choice, the most cursory examination of the evidence demonstrates the limits of that assumption.

via The Atlantic.

Has John Maeda been a terrible experiment as president for RISD? I will be following this closely, the comments on this post are just brutal. (Via Natalia Ilyin).