Loonies found with bugging devices. Recorded sounds include thanks from buskers, insides of parking meters, and strippers demanding bills only.

CornerPocket is a portraiture business offering drawings of men’s balls. *NSFW*

In India's north-eastern state of Meghalaya, women who bear more than 15 children are being rewarded with cash. Not to worry about India's problems with overpopulation, “We have no option but to increase our Khasi population to control the pressure of outsiders coming to our land.”

Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon, for some the painting that marked the birth of modern art is 100 years old. more inside

A word on aphrodisiacs, including Bremelanotide, the "only known synthetic aphrodisiac." A word from its makers (and from its guinea pigs), and a word of warning (see point 15).

A periodic table of visualization methods Hovering over an entry should float an example of that method. more inside