August 3, 2011: Afternoon
- Op: We've always tried to fight invasive species, but they have an important environmental role.
- Scientists tempt bees with food, shake them in a box, conclude they may have feelings.
- Famous resignations.
- Beyond the fake Apple Store, shoppers in China visit knockoff Ikeas, Dairy Queens, and Subways.
- Illustrators kill time by drawing a big sandwich, trading off on ingredient layers.
- Court decides Marvel characters drawn by Jack Kirby were "work for hire," and his heirs have no copyright to stand on.
- The best and worst in product slogans.
- Supremely creepy collection of photos from abandoned morgues.
- Study finds people view patients in persistent vegetative states as more dead than the dead.
- Describing software requirements documents in terms of the functions a bagel should perform.
- Dave Eggers remembers the teacher who inspired him to write.