December 23, 2014
- Experts examining the Sony case call North Korea's guilt into question, pointing to signs that hackers were English-speaking insiders.
- National Geographic's "People" photo of the year: a woman on her smartphone.
- Bilingual people may make more rational decisions when communicating in their second language.
- Waste attributable to poorly chosen Christmas gifts is between 15 and 20% of the purchase price of the gift.
- On the ninth day of Christmas, Cards Against Humanity sent its followers a list of their Senators' financial backers.
- Shortly after paying $103 million for drilling rights, Chevron is shelving its plans to drill in the Canadian Arctic.
- New York City has 536 Dunkin' Donuts, which happens to be more locations than McDonald's (245) and Starbucks (282) combined.
- Cafeteria lunches healthier than brown-bag lunches.
- Round-up of the year's best science images.
- Alan Bennett's lovely, always fun, annual diary of what he did in the previous year.
- Today on TMN: editors choose their favorite stories from 2014.
- When it comes to NBA basketball, the West is currently the best.
- Before Kim Kardashian and even TMZ: How the world's most popular celebrity sex tape—Pam and Tommy—was leaked to the public.
- Amid the emails from Sony: Idris Elba may very well be the next James Bond.
- The death of mid-budget cinema left a generation of iconic filmmakers MIA.
- Video about human smallness: "209 Seconds That Will Make You Question Your Entire Existence"
- Somewhat related: Inside the Church of Scientology's holiday catalog.