Christianity: Paige Patterson, President of a Southern Baptist seminary, has apologized for some of his past remarks which were less than encouraging to women, according to Christianity Today. (Last week's Sunspots had related links.)
Relevant reports on the question of which year of a marriage is the most difficult.
Computing: (and history) Listverse tells us about 10 pre-1976 hackers, including, among others, Steve Jobs.
Food: National Public Radio reports on a study that indicates that people from certain regions like dishes from those regions more, when they are reminded of the places first.
Humor: (or something) A truck carrying liquid chocolate spilled the stuff on a highway in Poland, says NPR. (There's a video.)
Politics: FiveThirtyEight discusses the possibility of a Presidential pardon for Michael Cohen.
FiveThirtyEight also discusses the end of Temporary Protection status for immigrants from several countries. About 300,000 people are going to lose this protection, and thousands of their children, who are US citizens, may also be forced to leave the US.
The US Interior Department is considering re-introducing grizzly bears in some parts of the West. Not everyone is happy about this.
Science: Gizmodo points out that our, er, butts, are unique among animals, and asks several experts to tell us why this is so.
Sports: Pau Gasol, National Basketball Association future hall of famer, on why the NBA should hire women head coaches. (As of this writing, Becky Hammon, assistant coach of the San Antonio Spurs, is under consideration for such a job. Gasol has been on her team for a few years.)
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