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World

• A refugee from Darfur was kicked out of the UK, then promptly murdered in Sudan. Good job, guys.
• Congrats to Martin Brodeur. The winningest goalie. Ever.
• The Pope is basically a giant dumbass. When it comes to AIDS, anyway.

Science & Tech

• The first bat in space. The first dead bat in space, that is.
• Chernobyl is still really, really contaminated. Surprise, surprise.
• Saturn is such a moon-whore.
• Extreme shepherding!
• That’s one big pliosaur.

Pop Culture

• The poster for Where the Wild Things Are is pretty freakin’ cool.
• io9 gives us 25 better names for the recently re-branded Sci Fi Channel (it’s now SyFy).
• The guy who wore the Darth Vader suit in the original trilogy is battling prostate cancer. Get better, David Prowse.
• And now, the sequel to Bruce Springsteen’s hit song, “The Wrestler”…. “One-Thinged Guy“.
• Magnetic Fields is composing the music to the Coraline Musical!
• In case you missed it, here is Neil Gaiman on The Colbert Report.