The London Olympics in 2012 will clash with Ramadan, affecting about 3000 Muslim athletes (about a quarter), who will be fasting from sunrise to sunset every day. (Via Link patrol)

Heard snippets of an episode of Background Briefing on the weekend that talked about claims of alternative medicine — among them, that liquid oxygen supplements have marvellous health benefits. And wouldn’t you know it, Lawsy endorses it. (Audio)

A great short film from Dove, on how our perception of beauty is distorted.

Making of a boy-band: “Each of us is packaged as a particular stereotype”: Mummy’s boy, Hot Boy, Bad Boy, Fat Boy, and “the gay one”… (Thanks Amanda)