By SAM RADFORD. 5 of the most interesting and insightful articles and news stories from around the web. Updated daily. Subscribe to the KERUFF magazine on Flipboard. var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-8459341-4']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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What would your biggest regret be if this was your last day of life?</p><p>There was no mention of more sex or bungee jumps. A…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/51002799168http://www.keruff.com/post/51002799168Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:45 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e026591ab650b0c226d082e00ffd2134/tumblr_mn5v3eJj7p1qbga9jo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/ktH7l">John Piper’s Tweet During Devastating Twister Aftermath</a><br/><a href="http://flip.it/ktH7l">spiritualsoundingboard.com</a></p> <p>So, I’m minding my own business catching up on the latest Twitter news and it is filled with tweets about the devastating aftermath of the Twister in Oklahoma that as of this posting has 20 confirmed …</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/51002792014http://www.keruff.com/post/51002792014Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:38 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/38b8f72ba72ed4236f65a9ed95e2e269/tumblr_mn5v38Zyoz1qbga9jo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/yBD73">Inside The World’s Most Ambitious Eco-City</a><br/><a href="http://flip.it/yBD73">popsci.com</a></p> <p>Why would a petro-state erect a solar-powered eco-metropolis in the middle of the Arabian desert? To change the world.</p><p>At first glance, Mas­dar City appears a mirage. From a dis­tance it looks like a sin­gle mul­ti­col­ored build­ing, stand­ing…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/51002785081http://www.keruff.com/post/51002785081Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:32 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/37aba683ec2556fa5f09c6ad607088a2/tumblr_mn5v2zscyM1qbga9jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/Ei9ZE">Anti-slavery: collaboration begins to come of age</a><br/> Cameron Conaway and Annie Kelly, <a href="http://flip.it/Ei9ZE">guardian.co.uk</a></p> <p>Collaboration between groups has been hard to achieve in the fight against slavery, but new partnerships are driving change</p><p>Collaboration is not an issue that immediately springs to mind when considering the international fight against global…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/51002776537http://www.keruff.com/post/51002776537Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:23 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/61a250402aa5bcc970d3d7d79268d6bd/tumblr_mn5v2psCZd1qbga9jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/Fr7PG">The 3 Best Features Of Flickr’s Massive Redesign</a><br/> By Kyle VanHemert, <a href="http://flip.it/Fr7PG">fastcodesign.com</a></p> <p>Flickr’s site-wide overhaul puts the emphasis back on the images.</p><p>The response to Yahoo’s acqui­si­tion of Tum­blr, gen­er­al­ly speak­ing, has been one of sus­pi­cion. And con­sid­er­ing Yahoo’s track record on these sorts of things, right­ly s…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/51002768082http://www.keruff.com/post/51002768082Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:13 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3a00f5ace21f60e619e870c3d8d2426e/tumblr_mn44nv7E7e1qbga9jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/V74ZZ">BPS Research Digest: Stand by me: Close friendships appear to counteract genetic vulnerability to depression in girls, but not boys</a><br/><a href="http://flip.it/V74ZZ">blogspot.co.uk</a></p> <p>Pub­li­ca­tion of US psy­chi­a­try’s updat­ed diag­nos­tic code has pro­voked renewed debate in recent weeks over the extent to which men­tal ill­ness ought to be framed as a psy­choso­cial or a bio­l …</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50927578488http://www.keruff.com/post/50927578488Mon, 20 May 2013 20:55:07 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8e575359ac3d8f05b7b0acea34a25c7f/tumblr_mn44nhEwH51qbga9jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/uETmV">7 Signs We Are Heading for a Mass Extinction</a><br/> Annalee Newitz, <a href="http://flip.it/uETmV">io9.com</a></p> <p>Today, many scientists believe we are on the cusp of a sixth mass extinction which could wipe out most life on Earth as we know it. Here are seven signs that they could be right.<i>Image of Australian wildfires from space, via NASA</i>A mass…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50927559758http://www.keruff.com/post/50927559758Mon, 20 May 2013 20:54:52 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4899c3da0fb6507d79a21bd3827a3ab8/tumblr_mn44n8xyx31qbga9jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/RUe6a">The Next Frontier For 3-D Printing: Helping The Disabled</a><br/> By, <a href="http://flip.it/RUe6a">fastcodesign.com</a></p> <p>A British nonprofit and several businesses are using 3-D printers to create quality products that help people live more independently.</p><p>Peo­ple with dis­abil­i­ties are too often stuck buy­ing expen­sive gad­gets to improve their daily lives. Wor…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50927548737http://www.keruff.com/post/50927548737Mon, 20 May 2013 20:54:44 +0100<a href="http://flip.it/OAWf1">5 Habits Of The Most Creative People</a>: <blockquote><p>By: Drake Baer, <a href="http://flip.it/OAWf1">fastcompany.com</a></p> <p>How do the most creative people work? Bryan Cranston, Kendrick Lamar, Max Levchin, and other creatively supercharged folks share their methods.</p><p>What do a start­up king, a social net­work inno­va­tor, a hip hop prince, per­haps the best actor on…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50927538972http://www.keruff.com/post/50927538972Mon, 20 May 2013 20:54:37 +0100<a href="http://flip.it/8Xhty">Yahoo! to Acquire Tumblr</a>: <blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/8Xhty">yahoo.com</a></p> <p>SUN­NY­VALE, Calif. & NEW YORK—(BUSINESS WIRE)—</p><p>Yahoo! Inc. (YHOO) and Tum­blr announced today that they have reached a defin­i­tive agree­ment for Yahoo! to acquire Tum­blr.</p><p>Per the agree­ment and ou …</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50927530959http://www.keruff.com/post/50927530959Mon, 20 May 2013 20:54:31 +0100<a href="http://flip.it/kfZm8">Retirement 'is harmful to health'</a>: <blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/kfZm8">bbc.co.uk</a></p> <p>Retirement has a detrimental impact on mental and physical health, says a new study by the Institute of Economic Affairs, a think tank.</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50669083404http://www.keruff.com/post/50669083404Fri, 17 May 2013 20:34:26 +0100<a href="http://flip.it/iMJ1f">When did people stop thinking God lives on a cloud?</a>: <blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/iMJ1f">bbc.co.uk</a></p> <p>The theological work Honest to God by John Robinson was a bestseller when it was published 50 years ago.</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50669073704http://www.keruff.com/post/50669073704Fri, 17 May 2013 20:34:17 +0100<a href="http://flip.it/DgRmb">Cameron’s bluff</a>: <blockquote><p>James Forsyth, <a href="http://flip.it/DgRmb">spectator.co.uk</a></p> <p>Shortly before the Conservative party conference last year, the head of the Fresh Start Group of Eurosceptic Conservative MPs went in to see the Prime Minister in Downing Street. The group had heard that David Cameron might make his big Europe spe…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50669064250http://www.keruff.com/post/50669064250Fri, 17 May 2013 20:34:08 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3cbb44c0b5e4e8a2555c4fe0c4d26ca8/tumblr_mmyjoiKD7k1qbga9jo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/HVnOE">How Google beat Apple to a streaming music service</a><br/> By Greg Sandoval, <a href="http://flip.it/HVnOE">theverge.com</a></p> <p>Sources say iRadio is still mired in licensing talks and may not be ready for WWDC</p><p>Google’s long-rumored Play Music All Access ser­vice is already out the door, while Apple’s iRa­dio is still bogged down in licens­ing talks. Accord­ing to music…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50669052083http://www.keruff.com/post/50669052083Fri, 17 May 2013 20:33:54 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/820100b3a6d41cbbca31a1ec9215ccd7/tumblr_mmyjo02fRH1qbga9jo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/ANklW">Why is there such guff in the online comments below my articles?</a><br/><a href="http://flip.it/ANklW">spectator.co.uk</a></p> <p>What’s to be done about the online com­ments sec­tions in daily news­pa­pers? These (for those estimable <i>Spec­ta­tor</i> read­ers who have yet to suc­cumb to tablets, iPhones and com­put­er screens) are th …</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50669036626http://www.keruff.com/post/50669036626Fri, 17 May 2013 20:33:36 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f5267608aa7a6bef8290d8506ac634e4/tumblr_mmwsu4jCmz1qbga9jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/3XZf6">The Big Chill-Out: How Meditation Can Help With Everything</a><br/> By: Drake Baer, <a href="http://flip.it/3XZf6">fastcompany.com</a></p> <p>Changing the way your genes express themselves, coaxing you to actually understand yourself, and finally letting you really relax: Meditation is well worth getting familiar with.</p><p>At the start of the mon­soon sea­son two sum­mers ago, I was sit­t…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50599445853http://www.keruff.com/post/50599445853Thu, 16 May 2013 21:56:28 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/07d2b9d69cd3517e8e4bf151f7719829/tumblr_mmwstgo5Q91qbga9jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/nXuAf">David Cameron confident of backing for his vision to end extreme poverty</a><br/> Nicholas Watt in New York, <a href="http://flip.it/nXuAf">guardian.co.uk</a></p> <p>UK PM says final meeting of UN panel on development after 2015 agreed to focus on ending extreme poverty by 2030</p><p>World leaders are to face a “very powerful” challenge to agree to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030, David Cameron said as he hailed…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50599416609http://www.keruff.com/post/50599416609Thu, 16 May 2013 21:56:04 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/dddf097616a21b3d4c3ba88885715a4e/tumblr_mmwsswbnl51qbga9jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/4SHiY">Disney Pulls Sexy Merida Makeover After Public Backlash</a><br/> Tracie Egan Morrissey, <a href="http://flip.it/4SHiY">jezebel.com</a></p> <p>In preparation for her “coronation ceremony” last Saturday, Disney gave the <i>Brave</i> heroine Merida a makeover, redesigning the character as thinner with a bigger bust, more revealing dress, a face full of makeup, less wild hair, and replacing…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50599391812http://www.keruff.com/post/50599391812Thu, 16 May 2013 21:55:44 +0100<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/4388068b6f8dd26be5ff0f88c794491b/tumblr_mmwsrvLpLH1qbga9jo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/aIJOR">This App Teaches Kids To Code By Letting Them Make Their Own Games</a><br/> BY PATRICK JAMES, <a href="http://flip.it/aIJOR">fastcoexist.com</a></p> <p>Samantha John didn’t learn programming until she was nearly done with college. Her Hopscotch iPad app teaches the next generation of kids how to write code as soon as they can read.</p><p>A com­mon (if pat) cri­tique of video games is that they sti­fl…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50599347570http://www.keruff.com/post/50599347570Thu, 16 May 2013 21:55:07 +0100<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/038ca2fac1fbd2c6e0dd5c438a27e127/tumblr_mmwsr5Lv741qbga9jo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/FBCLl">Why the new Google Maps is the most honest form of cartography</a><br/> Leo Mirani, <a href="http://flip.it/FBCLl">qz.com</a></p> <p>At its annu­al devel­op­er con­fer­ence yes­ter­day (May 15), Google announced a com­plete over­haul of its maps. Among other things, changes include a clean­er inter­face, inte­grat­ed Google Earth, and maps that learn as you use them. If you sea…</p> </blockquote>http://www.keruff.com/post/50599314748http://www.keruff.com/post/50599314748Thu, 16 May 2013 21:54:41 +0100