I'm far behind on my reading, so consider this as the first installment in my attempts to catch up.

( Efficient dual pairs of spanning trees )

( Robust de-anonymization of large datasets )

( Being first and ranking journals )

( Hinged dissections exist )

( Tribes of cubic partial cubes )

It was our passion for the geometric dissections of American puzzle master Sam Loyd that led us to design Sophie's mysterious locket in "The Illusionist." — Ricky Jay and Michael Weber, in an article on magic tricks in film in today's L.A. Times.