Headlines from July 28, 2010
- History of meteors' descent from cosmic bodies to floating rocks.
- A new study finds strong friendships can provide as many health benefits as quitting cigarettes.
- We realize it's what we've wanted all along. An analysis of literary endings.
- The Man Booker Prize nominees are announced.
- Tell us today! What did you learn at your summer job?
- How background music, no matter what kind, impedes performance.
- People are subliminally drawn to those who resemble their parents, themselves.
- Why millennia of doomsday predictions reveal more about us than about the apocalypse.
- See also: How to survive every apocalypse imaginable.
- Costa Rican government lifts "no treasure hunt" rule for Briton in search of a legendary hoard.
- A gallery of the few surviving color photos of Depression-era America.
- Pictures of the Islamabad plane crash; all 152 feared dead.
- Hamas considering a draft in Gaza.
- Cameron says again that Palestinians are imprisoned in Gaza, drawing fire.
- Oliver Stone apologizes for claiming Jews control the media.
- Photos of Putin at a motorcycle rally riding self-described "tricked-out bike."
- Art conservator travels to Haiti to help save murals.
- See also: Lady Gaga kidnaps Commissioner Gordon.
- We bite our fingernails even though we "know" it's just a silly movie. The neuroscience of Inception.
- "The etiquette of the flow" says it's now OK to answer your cell phone at dinner.
- You're goddamn right I was saving those plums for breakfast. Disadvantages of living with William Carlos Williams.
- U.C.L.A. creates team to identify homeless college students and help keep them in school.
- Story of a family living with an infestation of 50 million ants.
- A-Rod squats on the cusp of hitting 600 home runs--who's to blame for his steroid use?
- Comedy MVPs since 1975; best magazine articles ever.
- Self-absorbed columnist "humbly" sends open letter to his ex on her wedding day, then tells critics they're shrews.