Headlines from April 9, 2012
- Crowds filled the streets outside newspaper offices—and outside the Lower Manhattan base of the Titanic’s owner, the White Star Line.
- Titanic wreckage discoverer says more needs to be done to protect it from damage. #video
- Though luxurious for its time, the Titanic had cramped rooms and no rock-climbing wall.
- Our brains seek explanations, and will find new ones should the old ones prove unsatisfactory.
- Audio researchers investigate different foods to discern the sound of sweetness.
- Statisticians watch thousands of hours of MMA in hopes of creating a system for gauging what makes a fighter “good.”
- Without no-fault divorce laws, British spouses must get creative in finding reasons to split.
- Vang Vieng, in rural Laos, is “the planet’s most improbable party town.”
- Alaska town’s police blotter reveals “a Twilight Zone town where every form of human oddity and absurdity exists all at once—exacerbated by alcohol.”
- Nowhere was it clear how many deer I would have needed to share in order to move to a larger cave. Paul Ford: “Why I am leaving the People of the Red Valley.”
- After a protest, a disputed call, and an EMT visit, this year’s Oxford-Cambridge race ends without celebration.
- There must be more to your success than feeding the runners barley. Visiting the remote Ethiopian town that’s home to the world’s greatest runners.
- Researchers build a human-like robot, complete with a skeletal, muscular, and nervous system.
- China launches an association to reduce trade friction of rare earths, of which it controls 95% of the world’s supply.
- U.S. physician groups identify 45 common tests and procedures with no proven benefit for many patients.
- With the rising prevalence of cochlear implants, deafness is now largely a matter of money or choice.
- Jonah Lehrer explains the neuroscience of Bob Dylan’s creative insight that changed music forever.
- [Augusta] seems to be waiting to get on the right side of history at a time when no one will notice. #opinions
- Poll finds 46% of Mississippi Republicans want a ban on interracial marriages.
- Do not attend events likely to draw a lot of racists. Derbyshire’s “The Talk,” rewritten for non-racist parents.
- IKEA builds a subdivision in East London.
- Related: How to survive the five treacherous worlds of IKEA. #tmn
- It took so long to invent the wheel because people couldn’t figure out how to attach the axle.
- Photos from the 1950s to 1970s of celebrities with cameras.
- Women in supermarket stock photos endorse Al Franken.
- U.S. company introduces flying car at New York Auto Show.