Headlines from December 4, 2009
- At least 37 killed in suicide attack at a mosque near Pakistan army headquarters.
- Op: If we lose in Afghanistan, it will be because "our" Afghans--Karzai & co.--failed to deliver.
- North Korea quietly does away with currency.
- There's a very strong intellectual case for saying no bank should pay a bonus for 2009.
- Said the Gramophone's best of 2009, Alex Ross's 10 exceptional recordings.
- The sound of a glacier melting played on an ice record.
- Antarctica may once have been an oasis for life, 250 million years ago.
- Where evolution goes from here: pleasant primer on the future of natural selection.
- Head-shaking competitions can lead to your brain bleeding.
- Study finds negativity and near-despair enhance sports-watching.
- The science behind why no one can afford to skip rest, and why workaholics are like moles.
- There goes the workday: the 50 most interesting articles on Wikipedia.
- Instapaper for Saturday morning: The testing of a marriage.
- Examples of real-life Lichtenstein interiors.
- Reasons why it may be difficult to find a chocolate bar in China.
- American men now feel it's appropriate to display their "heavage" with low-cut T-shirts.