December 5, 2013
By The Morning News
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- Majority of Americans believes the country should “mind its own business internationally.”
- New research finds women's and men's brains are wired differently—women for socialization and memory, men for perception and coordinated action.
- If you still have room in your mind for a Snowden profile: Janet Reitman on the story of the year.
- By focusing on politics, the media has failed—and continues to fail—the public on the Affordable Care Act.
- Gawker's best blogger "becomes the system" in order to know which stories will go viral.
- Young journalist wrestles with Andy Kaufman.
- Mathematical formula offered for any "cheating coaches" who want guaranteed wins in tournaments.
- Top ghostwriters command $50,000 to more than a million for a book, which they can complete in four months.
- Temperaments of artists splayed across charts measuring arrogance, mediocrity, modesty, and genius.
- Kelefa Sanneh on the compatibility in cultural markets during the blockbuster era and the long-tail era.
- Library of Congress reports only 25% of all silent movies ever made still exist; most deteriorated from nitrate or were destroyed for raunchy content.
- Unrelated: How to drive a Zamboni 552, which has a drag coefficient "equal to a small iceberg."
- Rising acidity levels and human-produced carbon dioxide in oceans are causing juvenile fish anxiety.
- New "mood sweater" will display the inner feelings of its wearer, "without the need for uncomfortable chat."
- Article on why H&M and Uniqlo are sponsoring tennis players offers no answer.
- See also: "Man Smoking E-Cigarette Must Be Futuristic Bounty Hunter."
- Mother of football player, who appeared to be the target of a hate crime, is now suspected of having spray-painted her family's house herself.
- Visit to Turner Prize winner Laure Prouvost's London studio.
- Artist explains the new appeal of deer blinds after his cancer diagnosis.
- Obituary for French general who was explicit about torturing and executing Algerians.
