Finally watched the Arrow half of the Flash/Arrow crossover

( Three thoughts )

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Dream of being a bird? Flight simulator can bring you close

A Space-Based Physics Lab will Study how Gravity Warps Spacetime

The Pickpocket’s Tale

To help feed billions of people, scientists braved the snake-infested and croc-filled swamps of northern Australia in search of rice.

The Jewish school where half the pupils are Muslim

Privacy in an age of publicity.

The Hidden World of Tenement Fortune Tellers in 19th Century Manhattan

A radically simple idea may open the door to a new world of antibiotics

Influence of churches, once dominant, now waning in South

Genes for a longer, healthier life found

The Uses and Limitations of the Folklorist's Toolkit for Fiction

Polly-Glot a Cracker in Many Tongues (This one is really interesting.)

What Brits Talk About When they Talk About Pudding

Ear, ear: Maine town celebrates inventor of the earmuff

What Makes Whole-Grain Bread So Hard to Bake?

World's diet is getting sweeter, catching up with US

The Origin of Krampus, Europe's Evil Twist on Santa

Give vultures a little love, conservationists say

2.7 Million Kids Have Parents in Prison. They’re Losing Their Right to Visit. (You should all read this one. I had no idea about this sort of program, and now that I do I think it's an excellent idea that should be expanded, not limited.)

How to destroy an American family

The Philippines is one of the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist, especially if you’re in talk radio.

Ghostly ships filled with bodies arrive on Japan's shores

Japan combats rise in hate speech

Debtors’ Prisons, Then and Now: FAQ

Dream of New Kind of Credit Union Is Extinguished by Bureaucracy