17 January 2006

  • New York's currently: cock-a-doodling
  • Russia and China agree Iran should "fully suspend" its nukes, though Security Council support is lacking (see current sum-up).
  • Notes from King's march to Montgomery.
  • Aside from brute strength, military researchers find women are just as good as men at handling intense exercise and decompression sickness.
  • Babies born in winter: bigger, brighter, and more pessimistic.
  • Why car chases happen more often in L.A., why they're televised so often, and what can be done to shorten them.
  • Rhode Island becomes 11th state to legalize medicinal marijuana, and 11th state to avoid explaining how patients can buy their weed.
  • Web readers judge sites in one twentieth of a second.
  • TMN announces 2006 Tournament of Books! Your help needed in readying the Rooster!
  • Number of the FBI's Top Ten Most Wanted Fugitives Born in NYC: 3. Facts and figures related to New York.
  • Proof that Bloomberg's accent has lost its Bahston roots.
  • Want free publicity, Gotham-style? Don't name your cookie shop.
  • The Times may have a remarkably popular mac-and-cheese recipe, but that doesn't mean it's good.
  • All are invited to drop their pants this weekend in New York, but whatever you do, don't jump.
  • The big question: are baseball stats history to be quoted or property to be sold?
  • Psychologist sits down with Tracey Emin--and no, that's not the start of a joke.
  • Dubious report says hot sex beats common cold. Does that mean Hikikomori have more colds than others?
  • Reminiscent of baby vomit. Explaining words commonly used to describe cheese.
  • Case continues for German cannibal who contends he was not a murderer.
  • Good digital photography tips.