April 9, 2012: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Crowds filled the streets outside newspaper offices—and outside the Lower Manhattan base of the Titanic's owner, the White Star Line.
- Titanic wreckage discoverer says more needs to be done to protect it from damage.
- Though luxurious for its time, the Titanic had cramped rooms and no rock-climbing wall.
- Our brains seek explanations, and will find new ones should the old ones prove unsatisfactory.
- Audio researchers investigate different foods to discern the sound of sweetness.
- Statisticians watch thousands of hours of MMA in hopes of creating a system for gauging what makes a fighter "good."
- Without no-fault divorce laws, British spouses must get creative in finding reasons to split.
- Vang Vieng, in rural Laos, is "the planet's most improbable party town."
- Alaska town's police blotter reveals "a Twilight Zone town where every form of human oddity and absurdity exists all at once—exacerbated by alcohol."
- Paul Ford: "Why I am leaving the People of the Red Valley."
- After a protest, a disputed call, and an EMT visit, this year's Oxford-Cambridge race ends without celebration.
- Visiting the remote Ethiopian town that's home to the world's greatest runners.
- Researchers build a human-like robot, complete with a skeletal, muscular, and nervous system.
