Map of Lunar New Year travelers in China, updated hourly using people's mobile phone location data.  http://qianxi.baidu.com/  (hundreds of millions travel to visit relatives)

On average, a rape is recorded/reported in India every 22 minutes (BBC).

Dissipation-driven adaptation of matter  https://www.simonsfoundation.org/quanta/20140122-a-new-physics-theory-of-life/

Found a "vagitarian" restaurant along the route between Phuket Town and Patong. Passed it too quickly on the bus to take a photo. It looked like it was selling food but this is Thailand after all.

Real men don't buy women. #Thailandreflections

Fulfillment is greater than enjoyment

Thank you Run Run Shaw for awakening my passion for martial arts http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25618414

Why eat one but not the other? http://business.financialpost.com/2014/01/02/wal-mart-stores-inc-yanks-donkey-meat-off-the-shelves-in-china-after-tests-show-it-contained-fox/

Everyone's into social media these days!  Sharks use Twitter to warn swimmers: http://news.sky.com/story/1187066/australia-sharks-use-twitter-to-warn-swimmers

Scientists Turn Algae Into Crude Oil In Less Than An Hour