December 12, 2012: Afternoon
- How the U.S. let industry pollute its underground water supply.
- Medical evidence continues to prove daily aspirin can help prevent cardiovascular disease and even cancer—why aren't more people taking it?
- Study suggests women who are light smokers—smoking even one cigarette a day—double their chance of sudden death.
- In the U.S., average milk consumption has dropped by almost 30% since 1975—butter, sugar, and booze are up.
- Tumblr of the day: Cats that look like pinup girls.
- Why we can't get anything done.
- Couples flock to get married on the last "triple-date likely to occur in their lifetimes"—a generous use of "likely."
- The New York Times fluff piece the last time it was 12/12/12.
- Jeep ramps, movie production, and other outlandish stories from Mexico's drug war in 2012.
- Target shelves Anna Karenina in the "emerging authors" book section.
- Lewis Lapham's drug diary.
- Owner of Ikea monkey considering legal action to retain custody.
- Keeping up with the future of weather prediction in an age of powerful storms.
- Nirvana reputedly to reunite for the Hurricane Sandy benefit tonight with Paul McCartney on vocals.
- Sitar legend Ravi Shankar dies, age 92.
- Google's 2012 in review.