Christianity: Like many of us, the author of an article in Relevant is troubled by the idea of eternity in hell, for some people. But he decides that God knows more than we do.Health: NPR reports that Utah has declared pornography a health hazard, and indicates why.
Literature: Listverse describes 10 attempts at punctuation marks that didn't catch on.
Politics: Relevant warns us not to confuse America with God's Kingdom. Some Christians have done that.
Surprise! FiveThirtyEight finds that politicians, as a whole (both parties, in both Congress and the Presidency) keep most of their promises.
Science: Wired reports on the difficulties of using modern genetic techniques on marijuana plants.
Science News discusses the "Goldilocks Zone" -- conditions on a planet, necessary for life as we know it.
Sports: Oksana Chusovitina has qualified for the Olympic gymnastics team from Uzbekistan. She is 41 years old. Good for her!
UK astronaut Tim Peake was the official starter of the London Marathon, and finished the 2016 marathon, while in the International Space Station, according to NPR. However, US Astronaut Sunita Williams ran the first Marathon in the ISS, competing, and finishing, the 2007 Boston Marathon. (She also competed, and finished, on earth, in the 2008 Boston Marathon.)
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