10 November 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 10 Nov 2009 The "Cold War" of the Andes, between Venezuela and Colombia, now involves illegal armed gangs and mysterious killings. Five myths about grand actors pulling strings behind the Berlin Wall's tumble. Gingrich: The Wall was toppled by the Pope! Power corrupts. Powerpoint corrupts absolutely. Pleasant short takes on philosophy and other things. Paper receipts are analog, wasteful, superfluous--and too entrenched to die. Writer has her body analyzed for man-made chemicals, finds polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and Teflon. D.C. gets the East Coast's first bike hub transit center thing-y. Graphic: Why owning a dog is worse for the environment than owning an SUV. Day in the life of an amateurish British cryonics group. Op: Asperger scientist wants more time to study his syndrome before it's junked from the D.S.M. Comic explanation of how to be cheap; Vague Scientist magazine, for those who half-read science news. Corrections for lazy science writing about babies crying in different languages. The key to increasing altruism in toddlers: companionable dolls. It is perhaps cruel to think of a baby as an asshole. Pasha Malla reviews a group of babies born in 2009. McDonald's hired 45 Ph.Ds last year to help develop carrot sticks. Video of John Hodgman booting a Fresca off someone's head while inside a small car. I lose my patience in Greensboro where no discoveries are ever made. "Plumblossom" by Eric Ekstrand, from November's Poetry.
