December 13, 2013
By The Morning News
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- Masquerading sign-language interpreter at Mandela memorial tells interviewers he's schizophrenic.
- Movie sets circa 1940 used white-coated cornflakes for snow; the cracking was so loud that dialogue had to be overdubbed.
- Aviation schools offer advanced programs in drone piloting.
- Google's top execs used tax-subsidized gas from NASA for vacations via private jet, "saving millions...they could easily afford."
- New research disputes widely accepted belief that playing a musical instrument boosts cognitive skills.
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar is often listed among the favorite books of 14-16 year olds in Britain; it's bad news.
- Yellowstone's "Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee" wants to lift a ban that protects the species from being hunted.
- An egg is the item in nature with an asymmetrically tapered oval, or egg, shape.
- Experts find James Bond drinks four times more alcohol than the recommended limit; he would have liver damage and impotence.
- Jack Daniels, Hennessy, Grey Goose and Patron account for more than half of the references to alcohol in pop lyrics.
- Kava, a euphoric medicinal leaf, relaxes muscles and suppresses appetite, like "getting high without the munchies."
- "Terracotta Daughters" recreates iconic Terracotta warriors using same ancient method to highlight China's gender imbalance.
- Art piece in Germany features white books with 4.7 million LinkedIn passwords, maybe even yours.
- New research from Japan backs tentative theory that the universe is the projection of a black hole—in other words, a hologram.
- Our check-ins, our food photos, our tagged friends, endless streams of data—actively collected, increasingly passive.
- Time lapse of Aurora Borealis, as seen through an airplane window.
- Google Maps, for sounds.
- Long list released for the 2014 Tournament of Books.
