Unearthed behind a pub: One of Shakespeare's first playhouses

STAGE Unearthed behind a pub: One of Shakespeare's first playhouses London is slowly rediscovering its past, one redevelopment project at a time. And now, archaeologists have dug up a real jewel SUMMER MOVIES Is Prometheus even better than Alien? Critics are spellbound by Ridley Scott's return to the Alien franchise, but are split on whether the film trumps what's considered the greatest sci-fi movie ever ROBOTS The 'Last Moment Robot' that comforts patients dying alone An artist designs a machine to help the lonely through their last moments — raising questions about the need for human intimacy in an increasingly technological world SPORTS Lost in the great alone: A hiker's quest on the Pacific Crest Trail Bloodied, terrified, and exhausted, I was two days into a 1,100-mile hike, says Cheryl Strayed, and ready to quit MUSIC 'Call Me Maybe': The viral video showdown Carly Rae Jepsen's inescapable pop hit inspires lip-synched homages from unlikely culprits including Jimmy Fallon, Harvard's baseball team, and Barack Obama BOOKS Robert Olmstead's 6 favorite books The award-winning author recommends classic works by Ernest Hemingway, Cormac McCarthy, and Jim Harrison WORLD OPINION Greece's political slapfest and 9 other parliamentary brawls A televised debate in Greece devolves into blows, but the debt-soaked country is hardly the first to see its politicians assault each other in public SEE ALL CARTOONS MENTAL_FLOSS The complete history of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles BUZZFEED 25 mind-blowing things you didn't know about Mad Men SLATE Large Hadron Collider data skewed by Moon's gravitational pull BUSINESS INSIDER Photos: Summer was groovy in 1971 GEEKOSYSTEM Neil DeGrasse Tyson points out bad math in Prometheus The week's best photojournalism In some of the week's most diverting images, a Navy officer serenades a flock of chicks, the space shuttle Enterprise retires, and a polar bear belly flops         Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy  Copyright © 2012 The Week, All rights reserved.