Headlines from June 16, 2009
- Four biological advances that suggest we'll someday be able to explain how life started.
- Universal health-care fans fret as Obama's stance becomes murkier.
- Better profile of Zeke Emanuel and the Office of Management and Budget than you expect.
- Extravagance in Norway's ritual of youth--"the Russ"--bodes well for the country's economy.
- In terms of finding a job, research finds being black in America is equivalent to having a felony conviction.
- Castro's son falls for online dating prank; "impenetrable security" claimed to be breached.
- From prostitutes to lawn chairs: How red-light districts worldwide have evolved (or not).
- Today's white paper: Helen DeWitt's "working girl's guide to game theory."
- I was not the first author to take lit-roids, but neither was William T. Vollmann.
- Arthur Miller comments on the steroids he took to improve his monologues.
- Author finds his grandfather in Ulysses on Bloomsday.
- Reading schedule for anyone participating in Infinite Summer--the super-cool endurance-reading event that all the kids are talking about.
- Video: Feature-length documentary to focus on the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble.
- If you measure the health of literature by its impact on language, than there's no genre in better condition than SF.
- A new genre of photography: temporary ski jumps.
- For those who grill outside the law, lessons suggest you should know your local rules.
- Iran's council agrees to recount some ballots; Mousavi, fellow opposition candidates call for a new election.
- Japan fears new demographic of men who like walks, don't like spending money or having sex.
- Report: 90% of Waking Hours Spent Staring at Glowing Rectangles.
- Run on virtual bank in Eve Online video game offers world economy a lesson on allowing banks to fail.
- Life lessons learned from Dungeons and Dragons.
- I flew too close to the sun and the wings melted. I then fell into the ocean below. I can't swim. FML.
- P.E.T.A. wants Pike Place fishmongers to think of the dead fish before hurling them, asks if dead kittens or lambs would be so photogenic.
- Taiwan's professional tug-of-war team fights for victory and political recognition.
- In Indonesia, honor-system cafes fight corruption.
- Maybe a little alcohol is good for you; some scientists say it's the ones who can have just a little who are healthier.
- New findings indicate language influences cognition more than previously thought.
- "Try saying 'puppy' without using your lips and tongue." Dogs can speak our language--sort of.
- A chat with farmer, corporate comedian, and Bill Clinton impersonator Damian Mason.