August 13, 2013: Afternoon
- As the globe warms, fossil beaches and coral reefs may hold clues as to how fast and by how much our sea levels will rise.
- Western-style..."tasteless" foods will never catch on in Central Asia, but the opportunities for fusion and innovation are limitless.
- At a beef industry conference last week, new concerns stir over growth hormones that affect cattle cognition.
- At near-death, the brain activity surges.
- Tyler didn't know it, but he was already...part of an intricate scheme to launder millions of dollars in drug money through the U.S. quarter horse racing industry.
- Dyson's new promo spot peels back the curtain on its lab to show robots building robots testing robots.
- Listen to ambient tones created from Wikipedia's recent changes feed.
- See also: Giles Turnbull uses software to transform the digital ephemera of web browsing into music.
- Happy birthday to music-blogging luminary The Rambler, who marks the occasion by noting a decline in music blogging.
- Sydney Festival to hire a German orchestra because it's cheaper than an Australian one.
- How dads kill time at a One Direction concert.
- To beat writer's block, Dr. Seuss would open a closet filled with hats and don a new one.
- Closeout sale on TMN and ToB T-shirts: women's Rooster and Men's "AEIOFU" models available.
- Roxane Gay interviews her stay-at-home mom.
- Ahead of Pax Prime at the end of the month, catch up on board game reviews at Max Temkin and Matthew Baldwin's Playtest.
- See also: Matthew Baldwin's 2011 trip to the Seattle convention that's grown into the epicenter of gaming culture.