The Arts: (And science) Wired reports on the creation of some 3-D virus trading cards. You read that correctly.
Christianity: Ken Schenck on the command to not steal.
Christianity Today reports on a church in Texas that has attacked predatory lenders, and mostly won.
Computing: Relevant has an essay on the effect of pornography on society, and how some non-Christians are trying to stop wide-spread use of pornography. "...porn culture offers an accessible, instant kind of sex but in the end leaves you with no sex at all. God offers sex that requires self-sacrifice and covenant, and it brings far more than just sex."
Gizmo's Freeware on the best video player for Android information appliances.
Gizmo's also notes a free tool that gives you all kinds of specifications of your Windows computer. (My motherboard is currently running at from 55-60 degrees C, for example.)
The Environment: (Or something) Wired has an article on the many ways that space under elevated highways is being used.
Science: Wired reports on a woman who "has no episodic memories—none of those impressionistic recollections that feel a bit like scenes from a movie, always filmed from your perspective."
Wired also reports on a quadriplegic who, with help from a brain implant, is able to control some of his movements by thinking about doing them.
Listverse describes 10 carnivorous plants and fungi that you probably didn't know about. Some of them are pretty gross.
Listverse also describes 10 amazing moth facts. Some of them are pretty gross, too. All are interesting.
From Discover: Fairy wrens teach their chicks a "password" while they are in the egg, which helps the parents to not feed brood parasites.
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