Biotechnology May Make Superhero Fantasy a Reality: "In the 1930s and 1940s, the powers of these superheroes were fantasies. Today, we are entering a world in which such abilities are either yesterday's news or tomorrow's headlines. Nobody even blinks when Olympic committees worry about "gene doping" in the 2008 China games -- a biotechnology that today, in mice, produces creatures that are astonishing to look at."
A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang: "This is the language spoken by Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade, Mike Hammer and the Continental Op. When Cagney, Bogart, Robinson and Raft got in a turf war, this is how they talked."
NYTimes: "U.S. Economy Surged at 5.8% Rate in the First Quarter"
Frontier House on PBS: "Learn about the challenges of 19th-century life through the eyes of three 21st-century families."
Google Smackdown: "Two words or phrases will go head-to-head in a terabyte tug-of-war. Which one appears in more pages across the Web?"
Argentine stories: "BBC News Online reader Saul Philpott tells us how his holiday in Argentina has turned into a search for cash machines rather than adventure."
Is whatsbetter?.com the new AmIHotorNot?
An Atlas of the Universe: "This web page is designed to give everyone an idea of what our universe actually looks like. There are nine main maps on this web page, each one approximately ten times the scale of the previous one. The first map shows the nearest stars and then the other maps slowly expand out until we have reached the scale of the entire visible universe. "
At least 50 injured in Manhattan blast: "It appears the explosion happened in the building housing the offices and residential units, authorities said, and no foul play was suspected. "