Some global warming is tolerable (indeed, there are parts of the world where it might be a positive blessing).

ECONOMIST: A cooling off period

That might seem a blessing, given the sour news coming out of Malaysia during the past six years.

FORBES: Tiny Titans

If their discovery can be commercialised it could give existing forms of compact memory a serious run for their money and instead of being a curse of miniaturisation, quantum physics might turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

ECONOMIST: Spintronics