August 6, 2013: Afternoon
- In deeply red states like Missouri, looking for the new health insurance marketplaces "is like searching for a unicorn."
- Beer's lead over wine in America has slipped by 20 percentage points since the early 1990s.
- Ecologists using Hawaiian restaurant menus reconstruct long-term changes in local marine populations.
- Five reasons why classic Caribbean dishes are more likely to contain meat than fish.
- Media storm apparently brewing around brutal working conditions in Amazon.com's warehouses.
- Six in 10 Britons are currently not speaking to two neighbors.
- Swimming robot being tested in the Chilean Andes to someday swim on Titan, Saturn's largest moon.
- Study finds that rich people's bodies contain unique chemical pollutants possibly linked to fish consumption.
- “Fin-tech” firms—attempting to change the ways people save, pay for things, and send money.
- Terrific piece by John Lanchester on the banks' recent crazy-making, and why he's content to hand his money over to Apple.
- By the middle of the nineteenth century, there is no doubt about the existence of art forgery as a significant phenomenon.
- Soccer match at World Police and Fire Games cancelled for "continued inappropriate behavior."
- Almost all baseball players suspended for steroids are from the Dominican Republic, and it's not a coincidence.
- Cheat sheet to performance-enhancing drugs.
- Epidemic of steroid abuse found among Western playwrights, casting doubt on the legitimacy of box-office records.