Linksfest: Academic Considerations

Man, the new version of Blogger (which I can't switch to, apparently, because I have "too many entries") might be up, but old Blogger was down for a while... so here's slightly delayed links.

• Was the fall of the Tang Dynasty caused in part by changes in climate? Yang Guifei gets all the blame, but a new study considers the impact of prolonged droughts.
• John Campbell and Ed Glaeser (my former professor, for full disclosure) did a recruitment video for the Harvard Economics Department that was less than successful. So naturally it spurred parodies. (via Leiter Reports)
• You really don't need all that many skin care products. Or so say dermatologists.
• The secret cities of the Soviet Union.
• Wesley Autrey's subway rescue has to be one of the coolest stories of 2007, even if the year is only a few days old.
• My box in a box. In response to Timberlake.
• The Simpsons as anime characters.