April 8, 2013: Morning
- Tour company experiences 400% increase in inquiries about trips to North Korea.
- South Korea says the North may be planning to conduct another underground nuclear test.
- NASA plans to use robotic spaceship to lasso asteroid and "park it near the moon."
- Uganda may ban above-the-knee skirts and broadcasting of Beyoncé.
- Related: In Gaza, Hamas officials abduct men with "fashionable" hair or tight pants.
- As Africans move into densely packed cities, they're bringing livestock—and seeing a spike in animal-to-human disease.
- Whether or not I would have an abortion was never a question. It was just a question of how soon I could get one.
- Scientists identify how red meat influences heart disease: A chemical produced during digestion is linked to blood-vessel deposits.
- How memoir writing can "hijack" the past, rendering truth unimportant.
- I've never seen anyone die before. I was prepared for the sadness. The heartbreak. I wasn't prepared for the beauty. The purity. The clarity.
- Married men become friends, get divorced, find girlfriends, and build stunning contemporary houses on the same lot.
- Mid-century modern dream homes that will kill your children.
- In 1987, a 14-year-old budding movie critic received a letter of encouragement from Roger Ebert.
- Roger Ebert's New Yorker caption contest entries.