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Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:

Science: (also Christianity) An interesting introduction to a discussion of the relationship between science and religion.

We have known for some time that some animals can use the earth's magnetic field to navigate longitude (North and South). Wired reports on experiments with sea turtles that show that these animals can also use the magnetic field of the earth to navigate latitude (East and West)

The Arts: National Public Radio notes that the number of producers of a typical movie is pretty large (110 total for the 10 Best Picture nominees for this year's Oscars) and examines how this came to be, using The King's Speech as an example.

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