Interesting Articles: August 15th-21st 2005

* Dishes That Double as Special Effects. Cool audio report about using machines not normally used in a kitchen to produce new dishes. (All Things Considered on NPR)
* Paradise and Money Lost. An article that reads like a story, about the importance of transparent audited results. (New York Times)
* Roe v. Wade Supreme Court ruling. I don't recall why I decided to flip through this ruling on abortion, but I found Section VI particularly interesting, in which the Supreme Court puts abortion in its historical social and legal context. (Supreme Court, via FindLaw)
* Have You Heard? Gossip Turns Out to Serve a Purpose. A light story about gossip's ability to enforce social laws. (New York Times)