29 June 2010: Afternoon By The Morning News — 29 Jun 2010 A deep dive into the many reasons New Yorkers now live longer than other Americans. How the latest New York subway closures and other city proposals will keep the working poor working and poor. For straphangers looking for love, the L is your best bet--and the site of the most missed connections. Thanks to evolution, people can quickly tell if someone attractive is looking at them. Competitive men are akin to chimpanzees; the laid-back act like bonobos. Engineer flouts legend, posits Archimedes defeated ships with cannons, not mirrors. After today, N.Y. public schools will no longer have "rubber rooms" to hold teachers accused of wrongdoing. Keep up those 4.0's and you'll end up wherever you please. Lil Wayne responds to fans from jail. "Speed Sisters" become first Palestinian women to compete in street races. A profile of Harper Lee explores the trauma that shaped Mockingbird. How iPhone production now influences international business. "We didn't want to have a 100% requirement and be a deterrent to large companies." The fight for fair-trade chocolate. Scientists invent origami "paper" that folds itself.
