A sonar system used to map the ocean floor seems responsible for causing 100 whales to strand themselves on Madagascar.

Some sonar systems produce extremely loud sound that can deafen whales or drive them frantic to escape. The sound does not penetrate the air, so I suspect that stranding themselves is a way to escape the sound. However, when whales strand themselves, it is usually fatal.

Americans parents have stopped insisting that their children contribute to household chores.

Mistakes at Fukushima may be the result of poor morale of workers.

TEPCO could fix the problem by paying them more and giving them good benefits. Hiring through contractors is generally going to lead to bad morale.

The NSA has collected millions of email address books, buddy lists, etc.

Japan pressured Indonesian tyrant Suharto to ban an Indonesian book about the Indonesian "comfort women".

I read about 1/3 of the book, as part of practicing Indonesian. Many of these women were so ashamed of how they had been treated that after the war they didn't try to contact their families, which simply regard them as lost.

How absurd it is to be ashamed because someone else did wrong to you! But that's the twisted idea that patriarchal society teaches to women.