Glimpses of the Lost World of Alchi: Threatened Buddhist art at a 900-year-old monastery high in the Indian Himalayas sheds light on a fabled civilization.

Meetup ahoy! Not that I anticipate a huge response, somehow, but I'm planning to attend the Metafilter meetup in Auckland, NZ, next month. Any NZ monkeys (which I think amounts to rodgerd and vitalorgnz, although there may be more), please join me and I will buy you the beverage of your choice (conditions apply).

Fragrance cannons will be deployed to overpower the stink of Beijing's so-called Seventh Ring - a vast circle of garbage dumps and overflowing landfills. more inside