Through a century of work and 170km - a Roman aqueduct, across Syria, has been found. Including a section that extends for 94 km underground.

Elke, the cutest monkey in the zoo

Orang-utan study suggests that upright walking may have started in the trees.

The Golden Age of Re-Engagement From this month's Utne Reader, a nice collection of essays about disconnection and disengagement (and re-connection and re-engagement) in modern US society. The Lonely American, The Art of a Lively Conversation, All in the Neighborhood, and One Nation: Indivisible. There's a lot of good stuff to think about here, and there are plenty of things in there that would still be relevant to you non-US monkeys out there.