Missing Unicorn: Reward

Alien: Thinking Like an Octopus , possibly the octopus thinks with its eight limbs as well as/instead of its brain. (Yikes, what if we've been doing it all wrong!) more inside

SF Books To Stand the Test of Time ... or not. Alas, I've not read many of the newer of these, but there are also a number of tried and true titles mentioned. more inside

Any athlete suspected of concussion should be removed from play, neurologists say. Blows to the head occur fairly often in many sports, and it's becoming accepted that participants can suffer severe consequences. Children seem especially vulnerable. So what are the chances of this proposal being widely adopted?

About Daylight Saving Time Or Summer Time. Or Fast Time. Or whatever it may be called in your neck of the woods - although not all countries or regions use it. more inside

Snake on a Galactic Plane for Halloween. more inside

Make a wish and lock it in ... on ... a fence, a fountain, a railing ... you name it. This is recent, but not about hair. Nothing so cavalier as the lovelocks popular in the 17th century.

Puppets socks with 50 pub jokes, includes earshot-attacking falsetto songs, and the like hi-jinx. Quite possibly NSFW, depending on how well attuned the ear of the listener and how stuffy the workplace is.

Turkmenbashi Part II? Ahead of Turkmenistan’s presidential election, the successor to Saparmurad Niyazov — the so-called Father of the Turkmens — has emerged: Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, the former health minister.

Owlin' Mad more inside

A Tale of Two Cockatoos more inside

Sand in My Eyes! Storybook sand sculptures. These photographs are OK in themselves, but some of the ads beside 'em are probably NSFW.

Life's Rocky with Raccoons ... trying to eat your best friend.

Rude, Rude, Wherever I Go more inside

A Fiery End more inside

Gods of Japan A photo library and dictionary with emphasis on Japanese Buddhism and Shintoism. more inside

About Those Dimples ... Helpful measures for wine-bibbers. more inside

Curious George: The Dwindling... Comparison of the number of threads posted on MoFi in the past week with those posted on the same dates back in 2004: more inside

Tal Cohen's Bookshelf: A Collection of Personal Opinions About Books. more inside

Horrors! [alas in PDF] but nonetheless a wealth of short stories and novels from some of the greatest writers in the genre as well as lesser-knowns.