After last week's arrests in Jerusalem, things are just getting worse and worse for Madonna's favorite sect, with members complaining of ill treatment, including intense pressure to enrich Kabbalah Center coffers.

Scientists in Texas have made some very interesting discoveries that challenge assumptions about how we experience the world through our senses. Specifically, they discovered that the blind can sense unseen objects well enough to describe their basic shape and location. Interesting stuff.

In one of the stupidist cases of institutional discrimination I've ever seen, State prison officials in California are forcing Sikh prisoners to cut their hair and forgo the head-covering required by their religious beliefs. These rules do not apply to Muslim and Jewish prisoners. (contact the Sikh Coalition for information or to help)

Off-topic but altogether cool: Secret Worlds

What some would like our children to be taught in school.

Some creationists get their comeuppance