April 3, 2012: Afternoon
- Leading investor says China needs “at least 20 years” before its economy becomes innovative and creative.
- Three-hundred electric DeLoreans to hit the market at $90,000 a pop.
- Less than 15% of meals served in France follow the three-course model (as honored by Unesco).
- No matter who wins the presidential election, France's picnicking days are over, says the Economist.
- More than 5,000 women have been murdered in Guatemala since 2000; 2% of cases received legal action.
- Records of people's effects from the Titanic.
- Arguments by historians: God was a girl, Jesus was a hermaphrodite.
- Reasons why people have children subjected to morally rigorous analysis.
- Adam Curtis connects yoga, bodybuilding, and nation-building with videos and smart ties.
- Vera Pavlova's notebook.
- Photographs in which Myoung Ho Lee turns trees into art with backdrops.
- TMN's Tumblr relaunched with our daily headlines visualized.
- Fun to re-read: Zadie Smith on Obama's voice, voices in books, and fitting in among black New Yorkers.
- "The Greatest Bromances in Southern Literature."
- Slideshow of U.S. cities' most famous cryptids (imaginary monsters).
- Kickstarter of the week: Documentary about an Indiana basketball team that just wants to win one game.