I love maps and I love science. So this BBC story was tailor-made for me:
“Science is the most interconnected of all human activities, they say, and requires a new series of maps to chart the changing scientific landscape.”
Consider this insight from Katy Börner, the Indiana University researcher who is a pioneer in the field.
“Ultimately, I’d like to see a map of science in schools, as common as the political world map. ‘Continents’ would represent the diverse areas of science, and closely related areas would reside on the same continent. Teachers might say, ‘Let’s look at the new research frontier in sector F5.’ Students could say, ‘My mom works over there.'”
Where can I sign up my children’s school?
There’s more detailed information from the National Science Foundation.
Quite something for a sports column 
Here’s Hunter S Thompson’s concluding lines about the NCAA basketball championship game (sort of): “The 2004 presidential election will be a matter of life or death for the whole nation. We are sick today, and we will be even sicker tomorrow if this wretched half-bright swine of a president gets re-elected in November. Take my word for it. Mahalo.”
I hadn’t encountered the word mahalo before.