An April Fool's Paradise on today's podcast. We'll explore a new technology for clearing landmines, and a German company that's trying to set new lows in job-seeking. AND some really smart people talking about how to make the blogosphere a more global place.

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Clark Boyd goes along to a brain-storming session at Harvard and learns about the Global Voices project. Also, how do YOU say "blog" in Kyrghyz?

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Is it right to snap camera phone pictures of a dead Pope? We ask you to weigh in. Also, Reporters Without Borders, Marburg fever in Angola, and new breathalyzer technology in Sweden.

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Happy 25th Birthday to that humble servant, the Post-It Note! Also, we talk about nanotechnology, cloned prime rib and how blue tongue disease might wreck this year's running of the bulls in Pamplona.

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Also, on Monday, the Cardinals will lock themselves up in the Sistine Chapel. Their mission -- to elect a new Pope. WHO might be listening in, HOW they might do it, and WHY.

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One chunk of an ancient obelisk hitches a ride to Ethiopia on an Antonov 124 cargo plane. And, Kenyans get information on the latest job openings via cell phone text messages. Finally, Nigeria's battle against tuberculosis.

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An engineer in the UK turns Moore's Law (well, an article about Moore's Law) into $10,000. Also we'll take a look at whether email makes us stupider, phone trees in South Africa, and a preview of next week's extravaganza on the new Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Movie.

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Today we launch a four-part series of podcasts on stem cell technologies around the globe. Stem cells have been heralded as possible cures for diseases such as Parkinson's and diabetes. But their use raises serious ethical questions, especially here in the United States. Over the next four days, we'll explore the science and politics of stem cells here in America, and also in Britain, Israel and China. Be sure to check in over the next four days.

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Today, we take a look at the British system for regulating work with human embryos, and whether it can serve as a model for other countries. Tomorrow, we head to China where one scientist has already begun therapies using human fetal cells.

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Medical research using human embryos and fetuses is highly controversial in the United States. Scientists say embryonic and fetal cells could one day lead to revolutionary cures, but political and ethical debates have slowed progress in this country. China, however, is surging ahead. Scientists there are developing experimental therapies in the laboratory and moving them quickly into hospitals. The World's Mary Kay Magistad reports from Beijing.

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