Stay safe, everyone in Boston & Texas! (And Iraq, and Somalia, and everywhere else, for that matter.)

Nanda has a love-letter to the Boston Marathon and I think you should all read it.

The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.

Is the motivation to exercise genetically ( Read more... )

James Nicoll asks what was the best self-published book you read this year? Lots of recommendations in the comments.

Roger Ebert lists his best movies of the year.

In honor of my niece's love for Les Mis, I give you Grantland's Les Mis Geek-Out.

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Huh: Even NASA doesn't exactly know what causes motion sickness.Outdoorsy types might want to ( Read more... )

Steven Popkes on BVC examines the origins of human handedness.

King Ludwig II died 125 years ago, and he left behind some awesome castles.So someone set up a Twitter account purporting to be the account of the Tower Bridge in London. Which is no weirder, to my mind, than the Twitter feet of the Bronx Zoo Cobra. In any event, whoever owns the ( Read more... )