August 12, 2014
- Supplies of the experimental US ebola drug ZMapp are depleted after being donated to an unnamed West African country.
- An algorithm predicted the ebola outbreak, nine days before the WHO issued its first statement on the epidemic.
- Collection of Robin Williams's greatest movie scenes.
- Robin Williams's 1992 Playboy interview.
- From last year: "More people now die of suicide than in car accidents."
- Because news coverage can increase the likelihood of suicide, journalists must know how to address it responsibly.
- On Twitter, black users post #IfTheyGunnedMeDown photos criticizing media portrayal of black people.
- As a black person in America, it's getting exhausting to still have to explain, in the year 2014, your right to exist in this country.
- New York state charges a dozen payday-lending companies and their owner with breaking interest limits.
- Related: John Oliver attacks the predatory payday-lending industry.
- If you Facebook-like everything with impunity, the humans in your News Feed are replaced by brands.
- Jeffrey Yamaguchi uses Instagram to capture the moments when there's no talking.
- German man campaigns for his right to have a relationship with his dog.
- Illinois medical officials suspend psychiatrist who prescribed generic clozapine, taking kickbacks and disregarding patients' health.
- The common BPA replacement BPS may be just as harmful as BPA.
- Scientists discover a partially molten area near the Moon's core, likely due to Earth's gravitational pull.
- Flunking pop star boot camp.