From Slate:
A few Brazilians first heard of the lone Indian in 1996, when loggers in the western state of Rondônia began spreading a rumor: A wild man was in the forest, and he seemed to be alone. Government field agents specializing in isolated tribes soon found one of his huts—a tiny [...]

“The WorldWide Telescope (WWT) is a computer program created by Microsoft running under either a Microsoft Windows client or a new cross platform web client based on Silverlight which allows its users to view outer space.”– Read the Wikipedia info on this.
It was developed by Jim Gray who went missing at sea… hmmmm….
Also, maybe you [...]

From CNN, via Boing Boing:
In spite of its name, the Monkey Park isn’t a zoo. There are no cages or walls. Aside from a visitor’s center, the only real facility is a roomy stone bathtub built atop a natural hot spring. (Sorry, humans not allowed in.)
The monkeys don’t even live on the premises. Like tiny, [...]

the nytimes has gotten their hands on netflix’s geographical data regarding rentals. below are two maps from the DC area, the first showing the rental distribution for ‘milk’ and the second showing the same statistics for ‘paul blart: mall cop.’ notice anything?

there are maps for twelve other metro areas in the US. the distribution [...]