Headlines from July 22, 2010
- Improving on his previous gifts to Brits, Obama gives Cameron a signed Ed Ruscha lithograph.
- Political prisoners in Kenya awarded compensation for torture during Moi's tenure.
- BP workers prepare to evacuate the oil spill site ahead of tropical depression.
- Pre-spill, confidential survey of Deepwater workers found many were concerned about safety practices.
- Chart of average American's food consumption (one gallon of soda per week).
- Composer Nico Muhly fights back against opera directors who will fundraise for incest and rape but not sex.
- Long read: The state of classical music: abundant.
- Analysis of the benefits of listening to, and playing, music.
- Video: Arthur Conan Doyle discusses Sherlock Holmes.
- How to efficiently walk through crowds.
- When it comes to real feelings, a little unreality can sometimes be just what we need. Making friends through gaming.
- Scientist discovers how to use glass to render things invisible.
- Journalist takes pictures of his kids naked on a camping trip--and his family's life becomes a living hell.
- You set to work to box and shout and hurl and dance--smeared with what drug? Circa-year-100 response to Greek ruffianism.
- Greece pays drivers $130,000 a year to run trains that are frequently empty.
- Researchers launch three-month, 8,000-mile trip from Italy to China with driverless cars.
- Wells Fargo ATM manager explains difficulty of maintaining machines in Antarctica.
- Unions hire minimum-wage workers to host protests.
- Part three of the Post's intelligence series: N.S.A. employees want to live near good schools.
- Video: Kant in three minutes (once you've recovered from saying "Kant").
- Knowing that peak experiences are readily available may increase one's tendency to take daily life's small pleasures for granted.
- Twitter mood map reveals west coast is happier than east; people are unhappiest Thursday nights.
- Interview with a degree-accredited professional clown.
- What we lose in mystery we gain in awe. Neuroscientist not just equivalent to his body.
- TMN's Todd Levin recounts what it was really like backstage when Conan got screwed.
- Related: Todd's post-Tonight Show unemployment guide; Todd on live studio tapings.
- Hooker calls screenwriter from his own office demanding money; screenwriter finds idea for his big hit TV show.
- Slideshow of divorce ranches from the Mad Men era.
- Instapaper: The worst thing you've done is now the first thing everyone knows about you.
- Birnbaum on the books of July--David Mitchell and beyond.