Thursday assorted links

1. Jeffrey Paller 19 books to read on Africa.

2. Making the micropipette.

3. Miss America supports nuclear power.

4. “We found that living standards generally predicted and temporally preceded variations of romantic love in the Early Modern Period.”

5. Why is the Dominican Republican incumbent popular?

6. Very good Douthat column on higher education (NYT).  And: “Yet, through all her troubles, not a single right-leaning voice spoke up on Gay’s behalf. Indeed, during the past month, I didn’t talk to a single Republican on the Hill or around D.C. who had any kind of relationship with Gay. You might ask how Harvard’s president could have so few relationships.”  A good piece.

7. Twitter summary of the new superconductivity rumors.