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...group of hunters aboard a small boat out of the tiny Alaska village of Wainwright were the first to spot what would eventually be called "the blob." It was a dark, floating mass stretching for miles through the Chukchi Sea, a frigid and relatively shallow expanse of Arctic Ocean water between Alaska's northwest coast and the Russian Far East. The goo was fibrous, hairy. When it touched floating ice, it looked almost black...
ANHUI, China – The village of Hongcun is built in the shape of a water buffalo. The tour guide led us through winding streets, reminding us that it was easy to get lost in the corridors that formed the cow’s intestines. I wandered ahead to talk to the artist sitting on his stoop painting the rooftops. In between brushstrokes he and his friends told me to go to Yunnan. I hung back to watch the tourist lazily holding his camera instead of pointing it at the swans in the pond, deciding whether I could photograph...
...even some of those who back the ban think the government is taking it too far. In Istanbul's busy waterfront Tophane district, popular for its nargile - or water pipe - cafés, dozens of patrons sit on candy-colored beanbags, puffing on glass pipes, impervious to the impending change as they fill the air with the scent of fruity tobacco. "This is part of our culture," says cafe owner Ali Unal. "I understand not smoking indoors. But they say you cannot smoke even outside if you're under an umbrella. I don't see how they will enforce this...
...figure out why, psychologists at Britain's Keele University recruited 64 college students and asked them to stick their hands in a bucket of ice water and endure the pain for several minutes. One group was allowed to repeat a curse word of their choice continuously while their hands were in the water; another group was asked to repeat a non-expletive control word, such as that which might be used to describe a table. The result was that swearing not only allowed students to withstand the discomfort longer, but also reduced their perception of pain intensity. Curse words...
...western end of Bermuda, about 20 miles from the airport, is 9 Beaches, where guests sleep in cabanas - actually, air-conditioned platform tents on stilts that sit on and around the beach (some cabanas hover over the water, with viewing panels in the floor). The resort has three restaurants, and its package rates are comparable to those at the fancy resorts. For some guests (beach bums, divers and romantics) 9 Beaches' isolation is a blessing, but for others it's a hassle - once you get all the way out there, it's a real effort to go anywhere else...