Pebbles, Vol. 12

1. Writing for a living: Joy or chore? Nine authors give their answers.

2. "The Untold Story of the World's Biggest Diamond Heist" (Pointer)

3. Der Bunker, in den die nordrhein-westfälische Landesregierung geflüchtet wäre, wenn der dritte Weltkrieg begonnen hätte: Text und 18 Fotos

4. Download The Reasoning Criminal for free

5. Little Red Riding Hood retold as an animated infographic set to music (Pointer)

6. Are the creationists right after all? "[T]he researchers were unable to link the elaborateness of a peacock's train with his mating success." However: "Takahashi and her team found little train variance among males in the population they studied." And also: "[O]ther researchers have presented data suggesting that a peacock's train does influence whether or not a female will choose to mate with him."

7. Fun intended