Headlines from July 30, 2012

I took a picture—and he got dragged off. Photographers on shooting violence.
How primate behavior and socialization can explain gun violence.
The five most potentially habitable alien planets.
Q&A with a programmer who hopes to direct a movie before he loses his eyesight.
The healthiest fat in your body is in the back of your neck, and it’s warm and brown.
It’s the freakin’ weekend, baby, I’m about to have me some fun. Hip-hop lyrics as book blurbs.
Scientists confirm pop music in fact does all sound the same.
Godard’s commercial for Shick aftershave likely wasn’t what the client expected. #video
If I tried to strike a Che Guevara pose, you would be correct in pointing out that the dramatic underlighting on my face was being reflected up from my swimming pool.
President Romney will find it hard to cut spending; President Obama will struggle to increase it any further.
How to hide your money off-shore.
Life in the town of Wolfeboro, NH, where Romney vacations.
I always imagine the gun as an old dead crow. Growing up black in Jackson, Miss.
List of the most important American painters to emerge since 2000.
TMN’s Clay Risen launches a new blog, “Mash Notes,” about American whiskey.
I like slow motion. I like lightning. I like slow motion lightning.
Photos and notes on how the Olympic cauldron was built.
List of Olympic medalists in art competitions.
As science advances, we must not succumb to the allure of neuroscientific explanations and let people off the hook. #opinions
Collection of “write-arounds”—profiles whose subjects wouldn’t cooperate with the writer.
Don’t fall in love with the gentle trilling of your mellifluous sentences. Colson Whitehead on writing.
Tribute to the “wildly creative and experimental work” of Polish photographer Jerzy Lewczynski.
Trailer for Ang Lee’s Life of Pi. #video