Culture Buzz Universal Studios caught fire Sunday morning, destroying sets from "Back to the Future", "Austin Powers", and "Bruce Almighty", a mechanical King Kong, and 40,000-50,000 film and TV show reels. A Universal Studios spokesperson said there were no serious injuries, just millions of dollars in damages (not to mention all that toxic smoke!).
Science Buzz The U.N. warns that a quarter of the world's wheat could be threatened by a new, "highly pathogenic strain" of wheat stem rust called Ug99. The scary what blight strain was first detected in Iran and may be making its way towards the bountiful wheat fields of Asia and the Near East.
Tech Buzz Twitter updates provided breaking news on the major quake near Chengdu, China. Twitter users, coordinated largely through the efforts of Robert Scoble, were providing news of the earthquake -- including first-hand accounts -- before mainstream news sites began reporting about the 7.8 quake. (Related: Twittering wildfires.)
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