April 9, 2012: Morning
- China launches an association to reduce trade friction of rare earths, of which it controls 95% of the world's supply.
- U.S. physician groups identify 45 common tests and procedures with no proven benefit for many patients.
- With the rising prevalence of cochlear implants, deafness is now largely a matter of money or choice.
- Jonah Lehrer explains the neuroscience of Bob Dylan's creative insight that changed music forever.
- [Augusta] seems to be waiting to get on the right side of history at a time when no one will notice.
- Poll finds 46% of Mississippi Republicans want a ban on interracial marriages.
- Derbyshire's "The Talk," rewritten for non-racist parents.
- IKEA builds a subdivision in East London.
- Related: How to survive the five treacherous worlds of IKEA.
- It took so long to invent the wheel because people couldn't figure out how to attach the axle.
- Photos from the 1950s to 1970s of celebrities with cameras.
- Women in supermarket stock photos endorse Al Franken.
- U.S. company introduces flying car at New York Auto Show.