9 February 2011: Morning By The Morning News — 09 Feb 2011 The video that reignited a revolution: Google executive Wael Ghonim's TV interview. W.H.O. statistics show European cancer deaths will plummet in 2011. Writer competes with computers for the Loebner Prize, awarded for being the "most human." Anthropologist explains how humans become nearly amphibious in watery environments. WikiLeaks uncovers shenanigans in legal battle over a $500-million Spanish shipwreck. "I don't go to bars and places where that's likely to happen." From 1984, the Times reports on a string of murders over designer eyeglasses. When everyone holds kids back from kindergarten to give them an advantage, there is no advantage. Gopnik reviews books about why the internet has made us stop reading books. The Dark Ages weren't stagnant--the Church was pro-science and people knew the earth wasn't flat. Video: Stop-motion Playmobil Joy Division performs "Transmission." Baseball historians identify the Cubs game Ferris Bueller attended: June 5, 1985, against the Braves, who won. There's a hidden McBain movie that can be found by stitching together clips from several Simpsons episodes.
