20 November 2007: Afternoon By The Morning News — 20 Nov 2007 "A good copy editor would have caught this in 10 seconds." Flawed tests invalidate thousands of students' reading scores. Stem-cell scientists announce breakthrough: Human skin cells can be reprogrammed to act like embryonic cells. Remember when King Juan Carlos told Hugo Chavez to shut up? Half a million Spaniards have made it their ringtone. One "mini-matador" in Mexico faced his first calf at age four; another, 14, has already been gored twice. Why the cyclone that killed thousands in Bangladesh could have been so much worse, and where the country is going now. Pasha Malla concludes his India travelogue, "Going Back to Kali." (Read the other installments here.) Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes pens an essay on the impossibility of not selling out, and how the Clash gave us ideals no one can live up to. Looking for evidence that alien organisms--aka "alternative life"--have already been to Earth, and may still be here. A collection of Idaho rave flyers. Hops prices soar, price of a pint may double in the U.K.; five reasons not to drink beer. The 10 cheesiest Star Trek creatures, the 10 worst snake-oil gadgets. Beach cameras in Florida meant to deter saucy From Here to Eternity-style moments. Video: Christian Bale battles an interviewer.
