Ecuador farmers evacuated again from volcano area
COTALO, Ecuador (Reuters) - Hundreds of poncho-clad Ecuadorean peasants were evacuated from their hamlets near the roaring "Throat of Fire" volcano on Thursday only hours after they had been allowed to return to their homes. feeds.reuters.com
Beijing says torch can stay alight atop Everest
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese scientists have expressed full confidence that the Olympic relay torch can scale Mount Everest without sputtering out, a newspaper said on Wednesday. feeds.reuters.com
Cassini flies through geysers of Saturn's moon
The international Cassini spacecraft collected science data on mysterious geysers spewing from Saturn's moon Enceladus and recorded new images of its surface during a close flyby, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory said Thursday. rssfeeds.usatoday.com
Archaeologists Start Stonehenge Dig
LONDON (AP) -- Some of England's most sacred soil was disturbed Monday for the first time in more than four decades as archaeologists worked to solve the enduring riddle of Stonehenge: When and why was the prehistoric monument built?... hosted.ap.org
Is That a Fair Coin in Your Pocket?
I've got the answers to last week's Mr. Smith's gambling problem and Mr. Smith's 3-Card Monty problem, plus one new problem. The good news for this new one is that you don't need much expertise in probability to answer it: Suppose you take a coin from your wallet. You toss it eight times, and get [...]. tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com