* President Romney will find it hard to cut spending; President Obama will struggle to increase it any further. * How to hide your money off-shore. * Life in the town of Wolfeboro, NH, where Romney vacations. * Growing up black in Jackson, Miss. * List of the most important American painters to emerge
* The "nocebo effect"—being told a harmless substance is harmful—can be strong enough to kill. * On contemporary experiments in LSD, including "micro-dosing." * Jad Abrumad revisits Radiolab's origin story. * Geneticists say a cousin of the Neanderthals coexisted with modern humans and bred with
* London mayor chides Romney for suggesting Olympics may go sour. * Romney's book says Britain is a tiny island making things that nobody wants. * Related: Romney probably wouldn't like sculptures made from pencil lead. * Contenders for current practices that are destined for future condemnation. * Brief notes on
* U.S. Dept. of Agriculture expects food prices will jump next year due to Midwest drought. * As the U.S. faces the worst drought in 50 years, experts address how we can prevent another Dust Bowl. * New study of hunter-gatherer tribe elevates diet over exercise in fighting obesity. * Washington
* Obama calls for greater common sense in gun-control policies, but offers no details. * Former boy soldier calls for global treaty to regulate trade in arms. * New Fiat features an espresso machine that only brews when the car is stopped. * Pictures from a German's 23-year road trip
* Al Qaeda and other Islamic extremists doing their best to hijack the Syrian revolution. * Mexico has only one legal gun store; American gun-control policies look insane in comparison. * When its people sparked the Arab Spring, Tunisia had the lowest firearm ownership rate in the world. * "Nominalizations"—zombie
* Anonymous Democratic legislative staffer explains the NRA's congressional grading system. * A zoomable online map of the AIDS quilt--now too large to fit on the National Mall. * Applying Romney's statement that a new president's first year doesn't count, Obama has created more
* Fighter jets bomb areas of Syria's second city of Aleppo; Russia expects Syria not to use chemical weapons. * Man in goat suit seen living among goats in Utah mountains. * Serbia becomes global hub for sex-change surgery. * Writer looks for Fitzgerald's first love in Lake Forest,
* In light of Penn State's punishment, it's time to reread "The Shame of College Sports." * Physicists say you should run, not walk, to avoid the rain. * Sally Ride, first American woman to fly in space, dies at 61 from pancreatic cancer. * Brief report on
* Drug-resistant HIV in sub-Saharan Africa blamed on poor monitoring, lack of consistent treatment. * The end of the AIDS epidemic is in sight—worldwide infection rate has declined 20% since 2001. * With highly suggestible people becoming key to studies, hypnosis is making a comeback in scientific circles. * Bloomberg to
