global warming-dependent commerce.

Quoted: The Northwest Passage linking the Atlantic and the Pacific is now open due to ice loss, the European space agency says.

Quoted: Her secret letters show that she spent almost 50 years without sensing the presence of God in her life. What does her experience teach us about the value of doubt?

Wow, I had no idea Mother Teresa experienced so much personal turmoil. I wonder why she decided to continue the work that she did til her dying days.

Quoted: Public nudity is losing its power to shock

never thought public nudity would reach an all-time low, nor that it would be the first news on Economist.

Quoted: For many in the West, diseases are a bit like birds: everyone gets them but poor countries have more exotic species. Rich-country maladies are things like heart disease, cancer and diabetes: “chronic” conditions often resulting from diet or physical inactivity. Developing countries suffer more lurid and acute infections: malaria, tuberculosis, measles, cholera. HIV/AIDS is unusual in that it affects rich and poor alike.

Quoted: James Ingham meets the people and mules taking books to the mountain villages of Venezuela.

A "MULE"bile library, heh! That's awesome...can we do this for remote Indian villages? That's going to be my start-up company...any investors?

Quoted: "The pain was immediate and felt like my body was on fire. I was in excruciating pain from beginning to end and I nearly quit ...

holy crap! how the hell did he survive not getting hypothermia?

Quoted: The Los Angeles Galaxy hopes the blond superstar will help rebrand soccer as a glamour game. But will his team measure up on the field?

can't wait to see Beckham play in LA!

Quoted: And the winners are...