From the authors: Well, now we have your attention, yes, one new stomach-turning featured article we could hardly bear to read beyond extracting the blurb; and one new featured picture might just as well have been titled Woman having sex with octopuses—regarded as too lewd even to display on the featured-picture nomination page. We leave it to readers, if they're so inclined, to access these items. Meanwhile, we draw your attention to two new featured portals, which in their quite different ways concern major issues of the day.