- Science news crazy crazy: woolly mammoth DNA sequenced so let's make one; the pygmy tarsier is the cutest mouse-like creature ever; and maybe we can clone Copernicus sometime for fun.
- Congratulations to Judy Blundell (whose book I can't wait to read), and all the other NBA honorees and winners.
- Jackie Dolamore on the immediate changes after your first book deal.
- Paul Collins on the long tradition of mail hoarding postal carriers. I personally thank any junk mail stealers.
- Science fiction is undead, plus several essaylets about what the future of SF might hold from the likes of Kim Stanley Robinson, William Gibson, and Ursula Le Guin, among others. (Hat tip to Leda!)
- Well-preserved mummies create controversy in China.
- Someday soon I will lose many hours to the newly-launched Europeana. (Via Lisa Gold.)
- Seussian editorial cartoons. (Via Leila.)
- Pinky on Andrew Carnegie, the littlest library tycoon. She also seemingly declares a dangerous bias for Team Zombie.
- Post o the week: Five Centuries of Board Games.
- Days three and four of the WBBT.