Mr. Topp and the Big Bad Blog

Stigler’s Law of Eponymy, attributed to Robert Merton, is a fantastic thing.

An interesting essay on fashion and copyright, courtesy of guest bloggers Kal Raustiala and Chris Sprigman at Freakonomics.

A discussion on the difficulty of defining exactly what sex is. The best part of it? 23% of those questioned who were male and over the age of 65 did not consider a penis penetrating a vagina to meet their definition of “sex”. Now I’m curious, readers — what is the bare minimum for you to consider something to be sex?

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	Looking for conversation with a London cabbie? You may be out of luck.
This man has a bear for a pet.
	The CIA once added LSD to all the bread in one French town. At least according to one investigator.
Are you walking through a tube tunnel in London this weekend? Maybe you should be.
	A Jackson, Mississippi prom was called off over fears of lesbians in tuxedos.
Live in London? Use the tube? Have an iPhone? There’s now an app for claiming refunds on delayed tube journeys on TfL. Not that tube journeys are ever delayed, mind you.
	Sorry, Star Trek — warp speed will kill you.
The Universal Edibility Test.

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Good morning, internet. Here is your top headline of the week: Designer nano luggage to carry drugs to diseased cells.

And now, your infographic of the week:

(by Chon Hon Lam)

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