links for 2010-03-25

The United States and Russia have reached a deal on their most extensive nuclear arms-control agreement in nearly two decades, the Kremlin announced Wednesday. The pact appeared to represent President Obama's first victory in his ambitious agenda to move toward a nuclear-free world.

What the Republicans need to do to start fixing their broken party.

A blog that highlights beautiful software design.

Thrift-store objects, with fictional stories attached. Fun concept. I also really like the wordpress template they use.

"A Princeton University research team has demonstrated that all sweeteners are not equal when it comes to weight gain: Rats with access to high-fructose corn syrup gained significantly more weight than those with access to table sugar, even when their overall caloric intake was the same." – this is what people have been saying for awhile. Nice to see a study.