Readings for New Year’s Eve

Booze myths: The truth at the bottom of the bottle by Roger Highfield (New Scientist)

Shaken or stirred? Wine before beer? How can you cure a hangover? New Scientist dispenses taproom advice.

A radical pessimist’s guide to the next 10 years by Douglas Coupland (The Globe and Mail)

The iconic writer reveals the shape of things to come, with 45 tips for survival and a matching glossary of the new words you’ll need to talk about your messed-up future.

NASA gives one last look at Earth in 2010 by Alex Goldmark (Good)

Kind of self-explanatory, don’t you think?