23 – 27 September
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to attend a wild horse and burro auction? This week, Mary Caperton Morton reports.
Christie tried her hardest not to eulogize newsprint.
Helen ate whale. Verdict? Underwhelming.
“A lot of us hoped that once we had the Internet we might have more information about the world,” Ethan Zuckermann tells guest poster Amy Maxmen. But our persistent, insistent misperceptions about Africa illustrate that we only ever know what we think we know, no matter how connected we are.
And finally, did you know Queen guitarist Brian May has a doctorate in astrophysics?! This and more in Cameron’s post on music and physics.