Evolution? Not in Kansas anymore
Public schools in Kansas are getting new science standards casting doubt on evolution.
The Board of Education in the US state has approved language criticising evolution by a margin of 6-4—an outcome expected for months.
Advocates say this will show students that there are legitimate scientific questions about evolution.

Meanwhile, in Dover, Pennsylvania, voters replaced all eight school board members who approved a similar policy. That approval resulted in a current court challenge over separation of church and state. It's anticipated that new Dover board members will repeal the introduction of intelligent design into the school curriculum. "We are all for it being discussed, but we do not want to see it in biology class," said new board member Judy McIlvaine. "It is not a science."

Introducing the world's most unlikely sport: chessboxing

Take one comic book concept and several willing participants and you've got yourself the most unlikely sporting union which is catching on quickly.

The brainchild of Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh, chessboxers alternate between board and ring, engaging both brains and brawn through 11 rounds (four minutes' chess, two minutes' boxing), to see who comes out on top. Contests are won by checkmate, knock-out, retirement, exceeding the time limit at the board or a refereeing decision. If the chess game ends in stalemate, the highest scorer in the boxing rounds wins. Ties are won, for no apparent reason, by the player with the black pieces.

It sounds like a joke but the fans of the sport are determined to develop chessboxing, and hope to make it a part of the 2016 Olympics. "Every sport has Olympic ambitions," shrugs Dilschneider, "and we're no exception. "But we're just beginning. We need to make sure we have two, three, four five events a year to help establish chessboxing less as an art form, or concept, and more as a sport. "When triathlons first came about in the 1970s, people thought it was crazy that someone would run 10km, then jump into the water and start swimming," he adds. "But now that's a normal, famous sport." (See, I think they are making a valid point there)