19 April 2005

New York's currently: weighing the benefits of seven grains versus twelve

North Korea claims reactor shutdown to harvest weapons material; whether or not a bluff, the U.S. still offers no diplomacy.

Writings thought lost from Sophocles, Hesiod, and Euripides recovered with infra-red technology, and here's how they did it.

To fight the looming threat of global sanctions, Iran brokers energy deals with influential countries, including China and India.

Israel ignores U.S. entreaties, moves forward with plans for new homes in the West Bank.

U.S. soldiers' "wish lists" of interrogation techniques--including phone-book slapping and low-voltage electrocution--revealed in email correspondence with Army officials from 2003.

Decided: the world's 50 best restaurants. (Scroll for the list.)

"What's striking about "Cast of Shadows" is that Mr. Guilfoile, in his first outing as a novelist, does all this with a lot more panache than Mr. Crichton has demonstrated in many years." Michiko Kakutani on Kevin Guilfoile's new novel.

Video: Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant as bears.

If your tax preparer plugged in a slavery reparations credit, the IRS probably won't accept it.

Chinese educators give a collective sigh of relief when Great Wall is spotted in space photo.

Everything that's wrong with the Microsoft Word grammar checker.

Learn greetings from around the world and what kind of American do you speak?

Run Linux through your Gmail account.

People dressed as their favorite characters from Wes Anderson movies.

When books go to war: the history of World War II armed-services editions.