Quoted: VR panoramas from around the world. Part of the Geo-Images Project, University of California Berkeley.

Quoted: President Obama was never considered a front-runner for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. But the names of the nominees are kept secret, which fuels a vigorous guessing game each year before the announcement.

Hmmmm ?

Quoted: An article on ForeignPolicy.com compares the conflict between rappers Jay-Z and The Game to the U.S. relationship with states like Iran. Jay-Z is the dominant force in rap music, but could be hurt whether or not he responds to taunts from The Game.

I love this site! So many pictures, videos, documents, interviews, and other resources on a very interesting living arrangement in Russia.

Quoted: This Web site explores and explains a striking social phenomenon: the Soviet "kommunalka," or communal apartment. Instituted after the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, the kommunalka ...

This is an entry I posted today for International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. It includes pictures and commentary on China's new Tulou affordable housing prototypes, which are currently on display at the Cooper-Hewitt.

Quoted: While Ouroussoff praises its “graceful balancing act between historical and contemporary values,” some of his terms (such as monks' cells ...

Quoted: Explorers looking for the lost cities in the Amazon have famously come up empty-handed. But now, scientists have found the remains of numerous smaller villages clustered around larger villages. Urban life may have been a part of the ancient Amazon after all.

Quoted: On the cusp of the Summer Olympics, human rights moved into the spotlight Wednesday as critics attacked China for banning Darfur activists, President Bush expressed "deep concerns" about the government's harsh policies and U.S. Olympians selected a former Sudanese refugee to carry the Stars and Stripes in Friday's opening ceremony.