Astronomers read all the light ever from all the stars ever. Amazing Megan Garber piece. Also: “blazars” are a thing.

How global warming helped transform Sandy from a hurricane into a Frankenstorm, by Chris Mims. And from Becca Rosen: will Sandy change how we talk about climate change?

What happens when you leave a box of tablet computers in an illiterate village w/o instructions? This.

If you can’t beat ’em, subvert ’em: countering misinformation on the viral web. Superb Alexis Madrigal piece on countering misinformation on the web.

For people wondering why Italy’s courts have such an awful scientific record, Nature News has an analysis

“Putting windows into animals is an important development.” For cancer research…

The Curiosity