December 10, 2013
By The Morning News
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- Canada pushes against Russia and Denmark to claim the North Pole, but still must prove its continental shaft connects.
- Chinese state media issues a list of the five "surprising benefits" of smog.
- The U.S. poverty rate has reduced dramatically since 1967, but has stayed the same—15%—since 1973.
- The lack of buyers for Freedom Group suggests any association with the firearms industry is toxic.
- Yes, the art market is exploding, but only in two areas: contemporary art from 1950 on and pre-1900 traditional Chinese art.
- Larry Gagosian on this year's Art Basel: "Well, this is just some social rat f--k."
- From voting habits to energy drink consumption, what your grocery store says about you.
- If you have six or more energy drinks in a month, you're more likely to fight, have unprotected sex, and eschew seat belts.
- Milk, staircases, and asbestos-laced toys were some of many lethal substances in Edwardian households.
- Japanese translations of popular movies.
- Curiosity Rover discovers freshwater lake on Mars that likely was once home to microorganisms.
- Darpa, the military's futuristic research agency, says it has plans to "break the glass ceiling" of space telescopes.
- For the 33rd anniversary of John Lennon's death, Nicolas Jaar presents a stunning hour-long tribute mix.
- The influx of Santas isn't the only sign Christmas is coming—a photo guide to the season of Scrooges.
- The first thing she did when she took the case was change her name on Facebook. She didn’t want anyone to cyberbully her for defending a cyberbully.
- A man tries to stop lying for four months, discovers fibs are one of the biggest obstacles to personal growth.
- See also: From last month, a history of presidential lying and how it's proved effective.
