«Dear Mr. Homer, thank you for coming into the office last week and performing your epic poem. Unfortunately, we do not buy books based on pitches. We think your story is very interes—no, actually we don’t.»

So the European Union just got their Nobel Peace Prize. That comes as a bit of a surprise. Here’s why: The EU is neither American, nor did it study in Harvard. It doesn’t even shave regularly. Those are three out of eight ingredients in the magic Nobel Prize winning formula that the BBC has come up with. Interestingly enough, if you take the European Coal and Steel Community as the first step towards the EU, it meets two criteria of the formula: Born in spring and 61 years old. Spooky.

We all know the suffering: How to deal with the fact that you can’t read, see, watch, listen to everything that could be interesting?

Last week, we had the troubling story of an accidental suicide, now I stumble upon this story of a man who killed his wife during a nightmare. Will neuroscience make us more (yes, more) responsible for what we do?

A great interactive feature on the future of the world’s megacities. By 2025, there will be 29 in the developing world alone.