What I've been reading 2008.10.10

• Echoes of a Dismal Past (New York Times Video)
  How does the current financial crisis compare to the Great Depression, and has the government learned the lessons of the 1930s?
• The Future Ruins of the Nuclear Age (Wired)
  Have you ever wondered what a proton beam traveling through a supercollider would do if it slammed into your head?

• Unconventional Fossil-Based Fuels: Economic and Environmental Trade-Offs (RAND)
  Alternative sources of fossil fuels such as oil sands and coal-to-liquids have significant economic promise, but the environmental consequences must also be considered.
• Are you a Bully? (Women's Bioethics Blog)
  Now it is time to end the silence: There is a hidden culture of girls' aggression in which bullying is epidemic, distinctive and destructive.