Things I have recently spotted that may be of interest to someone else:
Christianity: Christianity Today interviews Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The State Department is hosting a major event, focusing on religious freedom all over the world.
More from Speculative Faith on engaging (or not) with the culture.
Computing: Gizmodo reports that almost all activity of users on pornography web sites is tracked by Google and other companies, including Facebook. The study did not answer the question as to what, if anything, that data is used for. The study looked at over 22,000 pornography web sites.
Health: NPR reports on a study, indicating that, world-wide, we don't grow enough fruits and vegetables for everyone to have recommended amounts of them.
An NPR writer tells us how to know if we really need surgery, and how to find the right surgeon, if we do.
NPR also reports on a study of teeth, around the world. We are eating way too much sugar, and not doing preventive practices.
Humor: (or something) Listverse tells us about some elaborate and amazing things made with Legos.
Politics: An NPR person thinks that President Trump's statements about certain House members should have been reported, but that calling them "racist" was opinion, not reporting. Not everyone at NPR agrees.
Catherine Rampell summarizes several recent actions, by the Trump administration, to make immigration from the South even more difficult. Most of these actions violate US and international law, she says.
Science: Gizmodo reports that the temperature at the northernmost settlement on earth reached 70 degrees Fahrenheit, for the first time ever, recently.
An environmental success story. Thanks to heroic efforts (and funding) from many people, the California condor population has grown from 20 or so to 300 wild birds.
Gizmodo reports on studies of the frequent volcanic activity on Io, a moon of Jupiter.
The graphic used in these posts is from NASA, hence, I believe, it is public domain.
Thanks for looking!
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