NZ rescuers save 9 whales stranded on beach
By 2010-08-22T05:13:04ZWELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Crews with bulldozers buried 49 pilot whales in sand dunes on an isolated northern New Zealand beach Sunday after rescuers managed to save only nine from a group that was stranded on the beach for two days.... hosted.ap.org |
Big Birthdays for Clean Air Act and OPEC
Reflections on anniversaries for America's clean-air law and the planet's oil cartel. feeds.nytimes.com |
Numberplay: Mathematical Mind Reading
A set of puzzles where two logicians deduce numbers given to each other based on a conversation that seems to reveal nothing. feeds.nytimes.com |
Whale rider receives warning
A boy who climbed on the back of a Southern Right Whale off the coast of Albany last month has received a warning. abc.net.au |
Video | Murray Gell-Mann talks quarks
The Nobel prizewinning physicist explains his discovery that protons and neutrons are made of quarks – and the importance of abandoning 'what everybody knows' guardian.co.uk |