August 8, 2013: Morning
- Why the U.S. lost Yemen to al Qaeda: "Faulty assumptions and a mistaken focus paired with a resilient, adaptive enemy."
- The current wave of U.S. drone strikes in Yemen could be creating more enemies than they're killing.
- This is the greatest Craigslist Missed Connection ever written.
- Speculating why a dead shark was on the subway.
- Archaeological dig in Lower Manhattan reveals what life was like for 18th-and 19th-century settlers.
- Scientists discover squirrel-like fossil from Jurassic period that could provide clues to the origin of mammals.
- After 62 years, the family of Henrietta Lacks is allowed to have input on how her genome is used.
- Scientists design a patch that makes its wearers temporarily invisible to mosquitos.
- Diet, health crazes and more juice variety have sent U.S. orange juice sales to record lows.
- The frequency of world's biggest cities in literature, based on data collected from Google's NGram Viewer.
- How the original set of top-level domains were decided in the mid-'80s.
- André Leon Talley: "I only know what I weigh from the way my clothes fit."
- Why Manziel should be the last student-athlete: He's worth $37 million to A&M yet under fire for selling autographs.
- Related: Johnny Manziel has had the most amazing offseason in college football history.
- From the attic: "John Ashcroft's 2002 College Football Preview" by Kevin Guilfoile.
- UPS to offer 3D printers in six of its stores as part of a trial program.