December 20, 2012: Afternoon
- North Korea assessed one year later, where the new Kim is thriving, though loose nukes loom.
- In case you forgot: Photographs of the Syrian civil war.
- Now that more and more Mexicans sport the label “middle class,” fashionistas are vying to clothe them.
- List of trash humans have left behind on the Moon.
- Announcing the finalists and judges for TMN's ninth annual Tournament of Books, presented by Nook by Barnes & Noble.
- Before there was children's lit, children read adult lit.
- One pianist remembers another.
- Hands are so designed for the optimal punching of others.
- Global warming and environmental destruction driving coyotes, bears, and mountain lions into urban spaces.
- TMN's Sarah Hepola offers nine lessons from a mini-lifetime in New York City.
- Pictures of grandmothers and their signature dishes.
- Top geeks explain how to handle holiday tech support for family.
- Scientists put reindeer on treadmills to figure out why some actually have red noses.
- "How 2012's Most Miserable Album Helped Me Through Depression."