26 May 2009: Afternoon By The Morning News — 26 May 2009 Sotomayer picked to be the next Supreme, known for ending the 1995 baseball strike. Previous four Supreme nominees all got hearings before the Senate's August break. Instapaper for the commute: Big Texas lessons on hell in health care. Gourevitch: I have seen all of the Abu Ghraib photos; releasing additional images would not tell us anything we don't already know. Among reasons to cite when hoping Sesame Street survives: it actually conducts child research. It's old hat that cable TV beats the movie theater for better stories these days--but now it's winning with indie cinema, too. Dutch scientists acquire old Polaroid plant, begin search for the lost art of instant pictures. Existential video game rewards players for experiencing visual surroundings, "letting go," "doing nothing." Google Earth application shows homes of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. Myths and facts about child soldiers. Today's science primer: How Chlamydomonas--a green algae--showed cilia to be primary players in organizing the body and brain. Delivering Christianity with consumerist tactics in a New York megachurch. Lengthy essay on the evolution of house cats, beginning with agriculture around 10,000 years ago. Three Quarks Daily announces new blog-writing prizes, with winners to be picked by Steven Pinker.
