India
Interesting comments on India and global learning standards - http://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2011/12/why-is-india-so-low-in-the-pisa-rankings.html
Why the BJP-Shiv Sena is silent on the mega NCP-Congress irrigation scam in Maharashtra - http://www.tehelka.com/story_main54.asp?filename=Ne061012Coverstory.asp
A tale of 2 riots in Mumbai - http://blogs.economictimes.indiatimes.com/onmyplate/entry/a_tale_of_two_riots_in_mumbai
Education
Interesting discussion on the need for Instructional Design degrees - http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&srchtype=discussedNews&gid=58371&item=160316358&type=member&trk=eml-anet_dig-b_pd-ttl-cn&ut=1obSspUQwhLlo1
Challenges for post docs in the US - http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/32445/title/Opinion:%20The%20Postdoc%20Challenge
Philosophy
Pervez Hoodbhoy on Neutrinos and Angels - http://tribune.com.pk/story/318468/on-neutrinos-and-angels/
Deep - http://themarysue.tumblr.com/post/30175413485/when-i-was-a-student-at-cambridge-i-remember-an
Psychology
Simple trick gets people to reverse their decisions - http://www.nature.com/news/how-to-confuse-a-moral-compass-1.11447
People
Interview with Jack Abramoff - http://www.thewheatandchaff.com/jack-abramoff/
The Man Who Runs The World's Smartest Website - http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/jan/08/john-brockman-edge-interview-john-naughton
A Profile of Neil deGrasse Tyson by Carl Zimmer - http://carlzimmer.com/articles/index.php?archive=&id=1325528245&start_from=&subaction=showfull&ucat=15
On Thomas Jefferson and slavery - http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/The-Little-Known-Dark-Side-of-Thomas-Jefferson-169780996.html
World freehand circle drawing champion - http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2012/09/world-freehand-circle-drawing-champion.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+3quarksdaily+%283quarksdaily%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Woman operated for tapeworm in brain - http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/09/06/tapeworm-in-her-brain/
How the fatwa changed a writer's life - http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2012/09/the-disappeared-how-the-fatwa-changed-a-writers-life.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+3quarksdaily+%283quarksdaily%29&utm_content=Google+Reader
Superb narrative on fascinating subculture - http://bandrabuggers.blogspot.in/
Woman had to be held upside down to be conscious - http://io9.com/5938154/this-is-one-of-the-weirdest-medical-cases-weve-read-about-in-a-long-time
Man at cafe meets inventor of the pixel - http://joelrunyon.com/two3/an-unexpected-ass-kicking
Doctor in Antarctica who removed his own appendix - http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/antarctica-1961-a-soviet-surgeon-has-to-remove-his-own-appendix/72445/
Music
Korean drummer steals show - http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2012/08/korean-drummer-steals-the-show-my-way.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+3quarksdaily+%283quarksdaily%29
Animals
Octopus steals food and casually wrestles shark - http://deepseanews.com/2012/10/octopus-steals-food-and-casually-wrestles-shark/
Leopard catches impala in flying leap - http://io9.com/5948692/holy-heck-this-leopard-just-body+slammed-its-dinner
A note on zoos - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d4579a10-06fd-11e2-92ef-00144feabdc0.html#axzz27xqGTeu2
The Amboseli project is the longest running elephant research project in history - http://elephanttrust.org/node/1
Regrown lizard tails aren't perfect copies of the original - http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528824.200-inferior-lizard-tails-weaken-hopes-of-regrowing-limbs.html
Alternative theory on canine dominance and learning - http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/my-puppy-my-self/201209/does-dominance-adversely-affect-learning
Virgin births among wild snakes - http://io9.com/5942952/virgin-birth-has-just-been-discovered-in-wild-snakes-cue-jurassic-park-theme-music
Time-lapse video of tarantula molting - http://io9.com/5942753/this-time+lapse-video-of-a-tarantula-molting-will-give-you-spontaneous-arachnophobia
Mites living on your face - http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/08/31/everything-you-never-wanted-to-know-about-the-mites-that-eat-crawl-and-have-sex-on-your-face/
Whale vomit is valuable - http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/29/13552161-boy-finds-a-bonanza-in-whale-vomit?lite
Video of stick insect hatching - http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/watch-this-a-gigantic-stick-insect-pries-itself-out-of-a-tiny-egg/
Science
On the failed biosphere projects - http://io9.com/5938855/why-we-should-reboot-the-biosphere-projects
Zoos discussing climate change - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/science/earth/zoos-and-aquariums-struggle-with-ways-to-discuss-climate-change.html?_r=3&partner=rss&emc=rss&
Collection of Liam heneghan articles - http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/MondayMusings.html/#Liam
On security flaws in Apple and Amazon - http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/
We're getting fat because we eat too much, not because we're sedentary - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/opinion/sunday/debunking-the-hunter-gatherer-workout.html?_r=1&hpw
News
Canadian cheese smugglers are earning $2,000 per trip - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/09/21/niagara-police-cheese-smuggling-allegations.html
Travel
The Guadalupe-Nipomo dunes - http://atlasobscura.com/place/guadalupe-nipomo-dunes
History
WW2 technically ended in 1990 - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_extended_by_diplomatic_irregularity#
Politics
Did the US over react to 9/11? - http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2012/09/10/did-the-u-s-overreact-to-the-911-attacks/
TV
100 TV series finales in under 7 minutes - http://www.jest.com/video/198411/100-series-finales-in-under-7-minutes
Fun
Separate eggs with a plastic bottle - http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/howto-separate-eggs-with-a-pla.html
Giant cartoon paper sculpture in New Zealand - http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/08/10/158560857/giant-crumpled-paper-drops-from-the-sky-lands-on-hill-in-new-zealand
A website dedicated to the guillotine - http://www.guillotine.dk/default.html
Humour
Octopus steals food and casually wrestles shark - http://deepseanews.com/2012/10/octopus-steals-food-and-casually-wrestles-shark/
Leopard catches impala in flying leap - http://io9.com/5948692/holy-heck-this-leopard-just-body+slammed-its-dinner
A note on zoos - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d4579a10-06fd-11e2-92ef-00144feabdc0.html#axzz27xqGTeu2
The Amboseli project is the longest running elephant research project in history - http://elephanttrust.org/node/1
Regrown lizard tails aren't perfect copies of the original - http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528824.200-inferior-lizard-tails-weaken-hopes-of-regrowing-limbs.html
Alternative theory on canine dominance and learning - http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/my-puppy-my-self/201209/does-dominance-adversely-affect-learning
Virgin births among wild snakes - http://io9.com/5942952/virgin-birth-has-just-been-discovered-in-wild-snakes-cue-jurassic-park-theme-music
Time-lapse video of tarantula molting - http://io9.com/5942753/this-time+lapse-video-of-a-tarantula-molting-will-give-you-spontaneous-arachnophobia
Mites living on your face - http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2012/08/31/everything-you-never-wanted-to-know-about-the-mites-that-eat-crawl-and-have-sex-on-your-face/
Whale vomit is valuable - http://cosmiclog.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/29/13552161-boy-finds-a-bonanza-in-whale-vomit?lite
Video of stick insect hatching - http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/27/watch-this-a-gigantic-stick-insect-pries-itself-out-of-a-tiny-egg/
Science
On the failed biosphere projects - http://io9.com/5938855/why-we-should-reboot-the-biosphere-projects
Zoos discussing climate change - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/27/science/earth/zoos-and-aquariums-struggle-with-ways-to-discuss-climate-change.html?_r=3&partner=rss&emc=rss&
Collection of Liam heneghan articles - http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/MondayMusings.html/#Liam
On security flaws in Apple and Amazon - http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/
We're getting fat because we eat too much, not because we're sedentary - http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/opinion/sunday/debunking-the-hunter-gatherer-workout.html?_r=1&hpw
News
Canadian cheese smugglers are earning $2,000 per trip - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/09/21/niagara-police-cheese-smuggling-allegations.html
Travel
The Guadalupe-Nipomo dunes - http://atlasobscura.com/place/guadalupe-nipomo-dunes
History
WW2 technically ended in 1990 - http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_extended_by_diplomatic_irregularity#
Politics
Did the US over react to 9/11? - http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cross-check/2012/09/10/did-the-u-s-overreact-to-the-911-attacks/
TV
100 TV series finales in under 7 minutes - http://www.jest.com/video/198411/100-series-finales-in-under-7-minutes
Fun
Separate eggs with a plastic bottle - http://boingboing.net/2012/08/23/howto-separate-eggs-with-a-pla.html
Giant cartoon paper sculpture in New Zealand - http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/08/10/158560857/giant-crumpled-paper-drops-from-the-sky-lands-on-hill-in-new-zealand
A website dedicated to the guillotine - http://www.guillotine.dk/default.html
Humour
Mr. Men reviews - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1SM813W6H36YA/ref=cm_cr_dp_auth_rev?ie=UTF8&sort_by=MostRecentReview
Jesus and Mo cartoons - http://www.jesusandmo.net/
I like these -
'Jenny' - Flight of the Chonchords - https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mlYkIJVguCU
True story - http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1527
When Gotham is ashes, you have my permission to Gangnam style - http://9gag.com/gag/5377864
If you thought those '18 Again' ads were weird - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8U4zemqaq68&feature=player_embedded
Did you hear the one about the building and the barometer? - http://io9.com/5942429/at-last-the-field-of-physics-has-its-own-version-of-the-urban-legend
Pretty accurate horoscopes - https://twitter.com/shreyassrao/status/246277101811023872/photo/1
Dramatic entrance fail - http://i.imgur.com/cXbHK.gif
GoT counselling - http://io9.com/5940321/psa-helps-you-cope-with-the-trauma-of-george-rr-martins-a-storm-of-swords
The publishing process in gif form - http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2012/08/the-publishing-process-in-gif-form.html
Atheist suicide bomber kills 18 agnostics - http://www.thelapine.ca/atheist-suicide-bomber-kills-eighteen-agnostics
