Morning Links: Science Pubs, Staged Plane Crash and More

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 01.13.09 | 8:13 AM ET

Photo of a pint of Guinness by Arkangel, via Flickr (Creative Commons).

Money guy Marcus Schrenker apparently staged a plane crash to fake his death. Wow. Gawker calls him “one of the most memorable villains to emerge in the financial crisis.”
Bill Donahue in Panama: It has “the dark allure of a Graham Greene novel.”
Tourism officials in Australia have put out a call for the best job in the world.
Foreign Policy hosted a virtual roundtable on Samuel Huntington’s legacy.
Tokyo’s Tsukiji market has reopened to tourists.
Maclean’s examines “changes that have taken place in the travel landscape as a result of 2008’s tumultuous economy.”
Sake consumption may be falling in Japan, but it’s on the rise in the U.S.
In these Portland, Oregon “science pubs,” drink in a little physics or volcanology lecture with your brew. Even better: “There are no tests.”

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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.

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Ling 01.13.09 | 10:03 AM ET

Apparently faking a plane crash is much more difficult to pull off than conning gullible investors out of their retirement funds…

TambourineMan 01.14.09 | 1:10 AM ET

Hey guys, that “best job in the world” site has crashed. Any chance WorldHum will offer a similar job-op? Your cash-strapped freelancing fans await…

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