German words we don't have in English, technology - good and bad, "the right to be forgotten", Asimov unfriendly robots, why R2D2 was cool, virtual reality for chickens?

Current Events, the #3 language in your state, channel surfing after watching Cosmos

Medical stuff; the asymptomatic flu, cloning for diabetes, dark chocolate as health food, Juan Valdez and the worlds most popular drug - caffeine, Elizabeth Orpina Aggie Editor-in-Chief updates the story on how fixing the paper got sandbagged

The luckiest archeologic find in history, Glen Greenwald's defense (and aiding of) Edward Snowden, how bacteria communicate (a prelude), some favorites from David Letterman's Top Ten lists.

Current Events, Iraq - the ongoing disaster, urine in pool water - the alleged health hazard

Miscellaneous topics: college athletes can unionize, Obama loses young people but keeps comedy skills, ice sheet melting, Pentagon woes, the Bush economic collapse

Obit: James Tague the third man wounded on 11-22-63, the booming Chinese tourist industry, Lonely Planet guide books - works in transistion.

Current Events, more on Voyager 1, Will Durst on bad week for racist commentaries

Interview: Sam Kean author of The Tale of the Dueling Nuerosurgeons; the History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness and Recovery

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, happy 25th anniversary to the SN&R, happy 100th birthday to the Hershsprung-Russel Diagram, some more on The Denisovans