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Audio: How the French stole Christmas.
In today’s Video Digest, Sarah Hepola exposes her love for the gentle nerd.
How to spot the snake oil on today’s drugstore shelves.
Worth your time: The City Desk profiles all manner of people and places around the City—even that Circuit City over on Clawson Boulevard.
European teens are having lots of responsible sex.
Advances in computing technology necessitate advances in ways to cool computing technology.
I’ll bet they wish they had some motherfucking snakes on that plane.
We consumed more than twice as much high fructose corn syrup per person as in 1980—but whose fault is that?
As Castro’s condition worsens, Negroponte predicts death in a matter of months.
U.S. delegation heads to Cuba—though it’s unclear if the goal is diplomacy or pageantry.
Through drawing and sculpture, Serkan Ozkaya turns mimicry into an art. (See more here.)
Nine months after the alleged incident, the accuser in the Duke rape case is ready to give birth.
This magnified image of a snowflake is just cool. Also: A collection of terrible puns.
Photographs of the Pope’s crib.
New Jersey votes to recognize same-sex civil unions.
Dullness of home movies will soon enter the life-threatening/deadly range.
Complete scores of Mozart now online. (Direct your chamber ensemble here.)
Just to clear any remaining confusion, Belgium did not become two countries last night.
Attention child rapists: Michael Crichton is not an author to cross.
Britain’s had its warmest year since the seventeenth century, and it’s not natural.
Global warming kills: As spring comes earlier, species edge closer to extinction.