April 24, 2014
By The Morning News
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- Today the FCC ends the era of net neutrality, and will allow broadband suppliers to give preference to deep-pocketed companies.
- Toxic West Virginia water will be pumped under Ohio, which may result in earthquakes.
- Ineffective on climate change thus far, Obama has retooled his cabinet and restrategized new ways to fight global warming.
- The kidnapping of over 200 female students in Nigeria has been overshadowed by the sinking of the Sewol in South Korea.
- New research indicates our perception of color affects our minds and bodies, even though "color doesn't really exist in the world."
- New government test can predict a person's ability to gain fluency in a foreign language.
- The more formal education a person has, the easier it becomes to bounce back from a traumatic brain injury.
- Influenza is resurfacing in many US communities; some areas are seeing higher rates than during peak flu season.
- We perceive hard foods to be healthier—or at least, contain fewer calories—than soft foods.
- The office cubicle began as a groundbreaking design that was revised and ruined by cynical executives.
- How other Americans helped Meb Keflezighi win the Boston Marathon: by taking a page from the East African playbook.
- Michigan lawmakers consider mandating roadside marijuana tests for impaired drivers.
- From Idaho's Housekeeping to Vermont's Polyanna, a list of the most famous books set in each state.
- When you bring 108 poets together, they drink too much, fight, and gossip.
- If you find yourself tiptoeing around the edge of success, you may suffer from impostor syndrome.
- North America's first cat café is here; no kicking, New Yorkers.
