- Papal condoms, gay marriage blessing, singing with the Queen? Re a memo for Pope Benedict's upcoming visit to the UK, someone in the British Foreign Office is clearly out of touch with the Catholic Church. (UPDATE: That someone turns out to be a 23 year old Oxford graduate. Smart kids.)
- Sandstorm season in northern China. I can say from experience, this blows [groan].
- Japanese rally to kick the US off Okinawa.
- Stephen Hawking warns against contacting aliens.
- The BBC investigates the cost of virginity in the Arab and Asian world.
- Controversial book airs Samsung's dirty laundry.
- After several years of reading Britain's take on US elections, a Times article dissecting the recent television debates in the British election.
- Anti-yoga yogis increasingly reject the consumer, personality cult-driven nature of yoga.