August 1, 2011: Afternoon
- The winning entry for the Guardian's "rename the endangered fungus" contest: "Hotlips."
- A half-ton fungus found in a Chinese forest shatters the record for the world's largest.
- Second Life equine intellectual property dispute reaches real-life courtroom.
- Ben Franklin's doctor experimented with hanging victims to test theories on resuscitation.
- How advertisers use pictures of food eating itself to sell said food.
- Wendy MacNaughton's illustrated guide to writers' favorite snacks.
- Minimalist designs for beloved children's stories.
- A neuroscientist's search for a Down syndrome drug for his daughter.
- To see how we use our words, data heads crunch novels, where we brush our hair more than our teeth.
- Included in the just-launched second issue of Longshot Magazine, Paul Ford's "Appraisal."
- South Korean clinic treats web addicts.
- Double-exposure portraits done the old-fashioned way.
- New column reviewing films only available on VHS--no streaming allowed--kicks off with 1985's The Tower.
- Avi Steinberg on Freudian puppets and their self-conscious masters at a ventriloquist convention.
- Weighing the competing claims on who invented the high five.