Start the month right with a fresh batch of links.
World Cup Odds: Here’s Who Will Likely Be Awarded 2018 and 2022
If they say a week’s a long time in politics then it’s surely an eternity when it comes to the machinations involved in landing a coveted World Cup in soccer.
World AIDS Day 2010: Here’s the Good News
From the Pope’s comments on condoms to a promising new pill, this year has seen some positive steps in the battle against HIV/AIDS. But the fight is far from over.
Astronomy Hysteria: Is NASA’s Thursday Announcement About Life on Other Planets?
Science bloggers are going a bit nuts over the vague announcement by NASA on Monday that it will discuss an “astrobiology finding that will impact the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life.”
Remembering Rosa Parks: Google Doodle Marks Arrest Anniversary
On Dec. 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give a white man her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala. Google is celebrating the civil-rights pioneer with its daily “doodle.”
Conan O’Brien’s Spider-Man Musical: Better Than the Real Thing?
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, the most expensive Broadway show in history, hit the stage this week amid on-stage snafus. Maybe it would have been better off with a basic-cable budget.
Does the Pill Lower Your Sex Drive?
The formula seems straight-forward: add synthetic estrogen and progestin to your body and your sex drive will diminish.
WikiLeaks Revelation: How Sarkozy Became “American”
Here’s another suspicion WikiLeaks has helped confirm: French President Nicolas Sarkozy was the source of his “Sarko l’Américain” nickname, and was so proud of it that he took pains to spread it around among U.S. …
Quotes: DADT Report on Gays in the Military
“We have a gay guy [in the unit]. He’s big, he’s mean and he kills lots of bad guys.”
— A STATEMENT in the Pentagon’s report on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”; the Pentagon study on gays in the military has determined that …
Into the Groove: Madonna Opens Gym in Mexico City
Well, she does have rock-hard abs.
Quotes: Reporter Talks About Postgame Altercation with Arizona Cardinals QB Derek Anderson
“I tried to be diplomatic and professional, but I guess that’s for others to judge. Anderson obviously didn’t think so. Some wanted Anderson roasted over spit. Others think I badgered him. I hope I was somewhere between
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Twitter Name @theashes Brings Unwanted Cricket Fame
Trust Twitter to be the reason that the world’s most gentlemanly game is finally being brought to the attention of switched-on Americans.