There May Be Life On Mars – Let’s Hope They’re Smarter Than Us…

Three interesting news stories:
Here the BBC reports on an announcement by the American Association For The Advancement of Science that there are probably hundreds of planets arranged around sun-like stars in our solar system alone.
While here we hear about the nationalization of Northern Rock Bank. This is of particular interest to me because it is a close-up look at exactly what happens when banks fold up, something citizens of wealthy nations had almost forgotten about. Even more interesting is to see how it has played out in Britain, a country with no FDIC-equivalent.
And, last but not least, here we read about a meatpacking company that issued a recall, after being accused of animal cruelty and using ‘downer’ cattle. Their primary buyer? Schools. Awesome. This one’s been blogged pretty heavily, I think, and it’s a story that speaks for itself, so I’ll not comment.

In other news, I’m back in England, and I’ll be writing something more intersting soon.