Pebbles, Vol. 21: Year in Ideas Special

The New York Times has published its most recent installment of the Year in Ideas. Personal Favourites:

• The Advertisement that Watches You
• The False Consensus Effect in Supreme Court Judges
• Playing the Ultimatum Game While Drunk
• Forensic Polling Analysis
• The Kitchen Sink that Puts out Fires
• Lithium in the Water Supply
• Vocabulary Changes in Agatha Christie's Mysteries as an Indication of Dementia
• Massive Collaborative Mathematics
• Printable Batteries

Alternatively, here are Andy McKenzie's choices.