1. Whoa!
Parthenogenic sharks! Biology is weird.
1.1 EDIT: Plus from the Sci-Fi File -
Radiation-metabolising fungi What was that theory called, pansporia? My goodness, if something as complex as fungi can thrive on that, anything is possible through space.
2. More
poor behaviour by UN peacekeepers in the Congo...rearmament, for gold.
3. At least Amnesty International still has
its report profiled.
4.
Smoking restrictions in Kenya 5.
German police tactics resurrecting old methods 6. Awesome! Rob Rodriguez is shifting from 'Planet Terror' to
remaking Barbarella! Let us behold the silver hip-high boot-clad heroine defeat the Mat-mos! ;-)
7. Israel, Palestine, and
water resources.
8. The
Cyber-attacks on Estonia in the context of NATO's collective defence - interesting, to be honest, I hadn't even thought of it in that way. Silly me.