Language
A fascinating look at “official” vs. “actual” language usage through a sociology viewpoint, all centered around the much beleaguered use of “hopefully” as “it is hoped.”
http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/04/how-language-is-like-fashion-the-case-of-hopefully/256067/
Life
As a reminder that not just war produces scientific discoveries with commercial application, here’s five wins from the NASA space program:
http://www.technewsdaily.com/4160-5-nasa-inventions-changed-lives.html
Meteorology?
Accounts of the Greek god Poseidon intervening to save the Greeks from Persian invaders may have a grounding in science rather than myth as researchers discover evidence of a tsunami in that timeframe:
http://www.ouramazingplanet.com/2787-ancient-wave-real-tsunami.html
Psychology
Nomads have been wearing black in the desert for centuries, so this insight into the physics of heat should have been obvious, but wasn’t.
http://io9.com/5903956/the-physics-that-explain-why-you-should-wear-black-this-summer
Publishing
Lawrence Block talks about his perspective shift with regards to self-publishing, an interesting look at the changing world.
http://lawrenceblock.wordpress.com/2012/04/22/all-changed-changed-utterly/