- At last: A statistical smoking gun (at the 99.5% level) that the 116 vote totals reported for Iran's provinces are numbers made up by a human, not actual data from the real world. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/20/ar2009062000004.html?1 445 comments science
- Russians cut back on drinking, smoking as fitness trend grows | Vodka might still serve as a national symbol but last year Russians drank less alcohol per capita than the French or Germans, according to World Health Organisation data that factored in consumption of bootleg booze http://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/russians-cut-back-on-drinking-smoking-as-fitness-trend-grows 155 comments europe