17 June 2010: Afternoon
- After receiving threats, theater owners in Tokyo and Osaka cancel showings of The Cove.
- How Japan's marketing team, averse to its overseas market, has led to the demise of the country's cool factor.
- More on the "Prince Charles problem": France raises its retirement age--though working longer shouldn't mean working away more of your life.
- Researchers will map Ozzy Osbourne's genome to determine how he's still alive after decades of substance abuse.
- "We want children to get good at leading close relationships, not superficial ones." Psychologists want no more best friends.
- Photos: From a teenage perspective, daily life in Afghanistan is unexpectedly cheery.
- Related: A gallery of drawings by children in Pakistan depicts corruption as they see it.
- For this month's "Of Recent Note," describe your fantasy road trip.
- While reading novels, TMN's Rosecrans Baldwin has noticed the dogs barking in the distance.
- Books that are the "Ulysses"--or definitive work--of their countries.
- Story of two "midwives of Modernism" and important literary figures: Sylvia Beach and Margaret Anderson.
- A century of complaints about the New York Times.
- How the vilified practice of being castrated in the name of music was a procedure that provided livelihoods for those without much to lose.
- People can predict how strong someone is just by listening to their voice, even when evaluating unfamiliar languages.