Friday Links

• Norway Is Prepared for the Apocalypse (BBC): "The Svalbard International Seed Vault [pictured] will be built into a mountainside on a remote island near the North Pole." That just sounds cool.


• This Is Why Parents Should Teach Their Kids the Real Names of Human Body Parts (Local6.com, Florida)


• Haves and Have-Nots in Professional Sports (NPR): A look at the penny-pinching lives of players who didn't quite make the NBA.


• UFOs: Time Travelers, not Space Travelers: I know that linking to myself is a pathetic display of vanity and insecurity; but I thought it was a clever post, and no one seemed to notice.