Assorted Links

1. @NatureMagazine special issue on Research Impact
   
   
2. The World’s First Mobile Phone Shown on 1922 - handy
   
   
3. Zipf’s Law also holds for countries! via Leo Monasterio
   
   
4. Just five years after China’s high-speed rail system opened, it is carrying nearly twice as many passengers as the country’s domestic airline industry
   
   
5. The Funniest Reviews in Amazon (via Analise Real)
   
   
6. Neat page of R spatial examples (via Alistair Leak)
   
   
7. The Impact of Population Ageing on House Prices: A Micro-Simulation Approach
   
   
8. Global Urban Networks - International Summer School 2014
   
   
9. Things I'd rather be doing right now

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