January 11, 2013: Afternoon
- How the UN created a cholera epidemic after the 2010 earthquake in Haiti—and then covered it up.
- A week after leaving Haiti, Elizabeth Kiem felt the earthquake hit.
- Every national anthem in the world played simultaneously.
- Americans experience higher rates of disease and injury and die sooner than people in other high-income countries.
- Santa Monica considers cracking down on the number of trainers using public areas to hold fitness classes.
- When judging whether food is fit to eat, the smell test is rarely effective.
- Roundup on scientific research trying to explain why pandas are cute.
- In case you were wondering: Humans have been clear on the baby-sex connection since the very beginning.
- In England, McDonald's will replace Happy Meal toys with books.
- As YouTube-profiting companies fight for dominance, it's the channel's young stars who often bear the burden.
- Popkey: "It's only possible to make the foolish predictions I made when you’re a casual football fan because you haven’t become cynical."
- Obituary for Beate Gordon, the American woman who drafted Japan's post-war constitution.
- Streaming can't kill the video store—at least ones that draw communities of film enthusiasts.
- With George Saunders on every reader's mind, it's a good time to look back at our 2005 interview by Robert Birnbaum.