Headlines from December 20, 2012
- North Korea assessed one year later, where the new Kim is thriving, though loose nukes loom.
- In case you forgot: Photographs of the Syrian civil war.
- Now that more and more Mexicans sport the label “middle class,” fashionistas are vying to clothe them.
- Several improvised javelins. List of trash humans have left behind on the Moon.
- Announcing the finalists and judges for TMN’s ninth annual Tournament of Books, presented by Nook by Barnes & Noble. #therooster
- Before there was children’s lit, children read adult lit.
- So many brilliant distinctions, and so much faith in the power of an idea. One pianist remembers another.
- Hands are so designed for the optimal punching of others.
- Global warming and environmental destruction driving coyotes, bears, and mountain lions into urban spaces.
- TMN’s Sarah Hepola offers nine lessons from a mini-lifetime in New York City. #tmn
- Pictures of grandmothers and their signature dishes. #photography
- Top geeks explain how to handle holiday tech support for family. #tmn
- Scientists put reindeer on treadmills to figure out why some actually have red noses.
- “How 2012’s Most Miserable Album Helped Me Through Depression.” #music
- Obama vows swift action on gun control; Republicans stick to NRA talking point, saying now is not the time.
- Details about recent cases and lives lost to guns in Tennessee, Kansas, Nevada, Alabama, and Missouri.
- The view from Germany: [Newtown] was no uncontrollable natural disaster.
- Professor tweets about wanting NRA chief’s head on a stick, drawing fire from pundits, the state, and his employer.
- Teachers can learn from profane evaluations, if only to help students’ self-destruction. #opinions
- If you asked me if I wanted more joyful experiences in my life, I wouldn’t be at all sure I did. Zadie Smith on the differences between pleasure and joy.
- Interview with Brooklyn residents who are bringing back chamberpots in order to save on rent.
- Twenty-one British-people problems culled from Reddit.
- American society needs dietary seat belts—after all, seat belts save lives. #opinions
- Your culinary Thursday poem: “On Cooking a Symbol at 400 Degrees.”
- This is what happens when you give lots of stickers to lots of children. #video
- Studies find the effects of positive online reviews linger, but the influence of negative reviews wears off.
- TMN’s Andrew Womack on the year’s 10 best pop albums. #tmn
- Why humans explore: genetics, long childhoods, and exploration’s “self-reinforcing loop.”