7 January 2010: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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The year's first day of Wall Street trading matches the year-end result 73 percent of the time (in the last 15 years).
Russia's long holiday (through Jan. 11) costs 700 billion roubles, but the damage to livers and minds is much worse.
Op: The right to offend is more important than protecting the offended.
Illustrated guide for when you're hungry and you want fast food (see also, the Big Mac index).
Roger Ebert can no longer eat or drink, but what he misses most is dining.
Juan Cole on how Obama can support the Green movement and engage Ahmadinejad's office, no bombs involved.
Low-tech tips for making international calls from your cell phone, at home or abroad.
Engrossing: A sonic universe to be discovered when bugs munch on stored foods.
Summary of the angry state of research around chronic fatigue: a false battle between viral and mental.
Natural selection is still in effect in humans, but more and more people are shielded from its most intense effects--and harmful mutations are piling up.
Evidence supports some physical therapy, but many voodoo treatments (ice, heat, ultrasound) persist.
The best of research blogging, and how the best is selected.
Photos from the Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in China.
Recommended Inappropriate Books for Kids presents The Dead Bird, by Margaret Wise Brown and Remy Charlip, 1958.
