Paul McAuley on depicting science in fiction
http://unlikelyworlds.blogspot.com/2009/12/sciencefiction.html

Weird Books
http://www.abebooks.co.uk/books/weird/index.shtml

Japan planned ‘karate ladies’ escort for Thatcher
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8433689.stm

Chinese Man Throws Bicycle at Thieves on Scooter
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdZFuGt1I4

The BBC’s most read story of 2009.
60-foot penis painted on roof
http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/newsbeat/newsid_7961000/7961224.stm

Allah helps Nigerian man to have 86 wives
“A man with 10 wives would collapse and die, but my own power is given by Allah. That is why I have been able to control 86 of them,”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7547148.stm

Why people don’t want to believe in things they don’t think they can change.
The Psychology of Climate Change Denial
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/12/climate-psychology/