1 June 2010: Morning By The Morning News — 01 Jun 2010 A closer look at the M.T.A.'s new subway map, along with side-by-side comparisons to past maps. Experience a musical tribute to Dennis Hopper with Chicago band Trailer Hitch. [mp3] Physicist suggest we could find "weird life" in alternate biospheres on Earth. Website analyzes counties' crime rates, matches them to the seven deadly sins. Scottish poet warns of the extinction of Europe's villages. Jamestown settlers' discarded oyster shells reveals details of hardship, drought. P.J. O'Rourke on the pre-obituary: a reminder someone isn't dead, along with "brief summaries of their lives indicating why we wish they were." What do you consider your biggest failure? Questions authors wish journalists would ask. The shift to written author interviews offers subjects more precision in their answers, but opens concerns of copy-paste. In an experiment around how students search online, researchers find those who copy and paste are better organizers. Competition makes today's college kids nearly half as empathetic as the generation before. Inquiry into the linguistics of "smart," and how the word is applied to technology.
