August 15, 2013: Afternoon
- Growing up with stop-and-frisk.
- Future-minded Republicans avoid talking about global warming—but most of the party can't stop denying.
- Since 2011, the cost of raising a child for 17 years has risen 2.6%, to $241,080.
- After 22 years of service, Doctors Without Borders pulls out of Somalia due to inexorable risk.
- As stringent attitudes toward homosexuality relax, China's Valentine's Day provides a public platform for gay couples.
- How to get what you want, whenever you want: Adopt the post of "the kindly brontosaurus."
- Eight years after shuttering Chapelle's Show, this Friday Dave Chapelle begins a 15-city tour.
- Six philosophical inquiries into the differences between cosmetics.
- With this technology, you now have superpowers.
- See also: Everyday humans reveal their everyday superpowers.
- Stuntman who played James Bond in the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony dies in wing-diving accident.
- TV subscription and Netflix usage data show Americans really are starting to cut the cable.
- From the past 50 years, the electronic albums you should own from each year.
- Smiths lyrics by Morrissey applied to Peanuts comics.
- Amazon's least expensive artwork.
- Mr. Bezos's custom-designed titanium undergarment and jumpsuit are capable of protecting him from nearly any sort of bodily harm.