Assorted links

1. Epic Extreme commute: From New Zealand to rural Iceland !(ht Vanessa Nadalin)
   
   
2. The economics of population imbalance
   
   
3. The paradox of Space and Time explained with  8-Bit Philosophy
   
   
4. 7 ways to make your Google Scholar Profile better
   
   
5. The Urban Fabric of English Cities and the Urban Footprint of Scottish Cities
   
   
6. Find Where The Streets Have Your Name, literally
   
   
7. Penguins are being raped by seals. Warning, strong images NSFW (thanks to my poor sick friend Leo Monasterio)
   
   
8. Locations of every photo from International Space Station via Flowing Data

[image credit: Nathan Bergey]