In Brains, Is Bigger Really Better? Consider The Insect World

Bees and ants, to name two, have famously complex behaviors and social structures governed by their tiny cerebella. “Instead of contributing intelligence, big brains might just help support bigger bodies, which have larger muscles to coordinate and more sensory information coming in. Like computers, … size might add storage capacity but [not] necessarily speed or usefulness.”

All The Bible Really Needs Is A Little Star Power

“Jim Caviezel (Jesus), Malcolm McDowell (King Solomon) and Richard Dreyfuss (Moses) were among hundreds of actors who lined up to create ‘The Word of Promise Audio Bible,’ all 98 hours and 79 CDs of it.” Other boldface participants: Max von Sydow as Noah, Gary Sinise as David, Marisa Tomei as Mary Magdalene and Jason Alexander as Joseph.

Google Books Decides To Stick To Anglophone World

“Google has scaled back its digital book plans after submitting a revised settlement with industry regulators following pressure from European and Asian governments. The amended settlement proposes Google will only digitise books copy-protected in the US or published in the UK, Canada and Australia – a significant reduction on its original plans.” (New Zealand is ticked off.)