Traveling Salesman Problem. "Given a finite number of "cities" along with the cost of travel between each pair of them, find the cheapest way of visiting all the cities and returning to your starting point."
Alien microbes could survive crash-landing. "Bacteria could survive crash-landing on other planets, a British team has found. The result supports to the idea that Martian organisms could have fallen to Earth in meteorites and seeded life." Okay. But all this really proves is that terrestial microbes are very hardy and that if spacecraft aren't sterilized properly, we could potentially contaminate other planets that we want to explore.
What kind of book marks a watershed in a woman's life? (via Modulator) Well, I wouldn't consider any books I've read really a "watershed" but in my formative years, I read stories where the hero or heroine kicked butt or where the plot was a little strange.
Survey Confirms It: Women Outjuggle Men. "It may fall into the category of Things You Knew but Could Never Prove, but a new survey by the Department of Labor shows that the average working woman spends about twice as much time as the average working man on household chores and the care of children."
