April 25, 2012: Morning
- President Obama slow-jams the news with Jimmy Fallon and The Roots.
- Now that Romney has won the primaries, his plan is to attack, attack, attack.
- Notes from the "Mormon heart of Mexico," where Mitt Romney's father was born.
- Map shows popularity of paying by mobile in Africa.
- In the early days of agriculture, twine was a black market item.
- How to correctly add milk to your coffee in the morning.
- Philosophy hasn't changed for 2,000 years; it's physics that will answer the big questions.
- Long, wonderful E.O. Wilson essay on human frailty and the origins of art.
- State of the internet economy and culture as of spring 2012.
- Predictions for this year's baseball season from someone who hasn’t paid attention since 1992.
- Alan Thicke looks back on hosting 1987's Crystal Light National Aerobic Championship.
- Hunger Games survival analysis, with a Cox proportional hazards model and covariates.
- Tasmanian welfare agency wants to require gamblers to stand in order to cut down on addiction.
- Pictures taken by Stanley Kubrick for a 1946 Look magazine feature on New York City subway riders.
- Pictureless Pins: The best of Pinterest described without photos.