Molly reports on duck faces, space hotels and more. Story links: Rene Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy, Historic Tale Construction Site, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, China plans for humanoid Olympics, MANOI GO やるならやらねば！真打バージョン, Scientists ’cause’ Beijing snow, China Causes Snow Storm to Fight Drought, To ease drought, Chinese scientists make snowfall, Thirty-eight people make reservations for space hotel, Galactic Suite, Intervention , sms ;-), Kunst Muss Nicht/Art Must Not, Roof, Institute, Berlin Wall, Anti Duck Face, Assets: Duck Faces 1, 2, 3, Tom Baker Photography Music by Podington Bear

James Powderly of Graffiti Research Lab, Students for a Free Tibet, GRL L.A.S.E.R. Stencil, LED Throwies, LED Throwies II, L.A.S.E.R. Tag, Enter The Ghetto Matrix, A Timeline of Noel Hidalgo’s Arrest and Deportation from China, Journalist Deported after Filming Protest in Tiananmen Square , Alive in Baghdad, Brian Conley, Rocketboom Interview with Alive in Baghdad’s Brian Conley, 5 Americans Are Arrested for Protest in Beijing, China sentences 2 women to ‘re-education’ for seeking to protest, Beijing: Ethnic Park Protest - Aug. 13, 2008, Citizen Journalists, Videoblogger, Activists Detained, Beijing Police detain six foreigners for 10 days for upsetting public order

Joanne interviews Cheryl Furjanic, Producer and Director of Sync or Swim a documentary about the U.S. Synchronized Swimming Team’s journey to the 2004 Olympic Games.

Fonzie Jumps The Shark, US hunters claim to have found Bigfoot, Spain to Grant Human Rights to Great Apes, Peter Fox: Alles Neu, Career Builder Ad With Monkeys, Gerald The Gorilla Sketch, Goatee Saver (via Curiobot), The Very Loud Fenstar Flying Military Robot, Bono Leaks U2 Tracks Online by Playing His Music Too Loud, Michael Phelps Won A Bunch of Stuff This Weekend, The 1/100th of a Second Conspiracy Site, The Time Travel Fund lets you Travel Into The Future in the Future