January 14, 2014
By The Morning News
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- The NSA can use radio waves to snoop on computers that aren't connected to the internet.
- Federal judge strikes down Oklahoma's ban on gay marriage, calling it "arbitrary" and "irrational."
- Ezra Klein on what liberals get wrong about single payer.
- Bill Keller and his wife criticized for criticizing a woman with cancer who isn't going gently into death.
- Realistic stacks of newspapers, comics, and cash carved from single pieces of wood.
- When I was in high school I found a video that somebody posted of me labeling me the world's ugliest woman.
- With extreme heat causing ball-boys, fans, and players to pass out, the Australian Open is the "Get Out Alive Slam."
- New strategy for people suffering from chronic back pain: exercising through it.
- The decision to get less sleep isn't entirely a personal one; society also conspires against us getting a good night's rest.
- Distilling the substance of a close game in basketball goes down to its most granular level: the range of outcomes of a single possession.
- In football, the breakthrough idea of "the West Coast defense" is a return to orthodox tactics.
- Snowboarder Shaun White has an easy time making money; human relationships are a bit more challenging.
- Story of "the cannibal cop," the dark web, and when thoughts alone can be considered criminal.
- Scientists address what scientific idea is ready for retirement.
- With a picture of Beta Pictoris b, planet hunter expects to find an "Earth 2.0" in the next 10–15 years.
- Makers of T-shirt guns for stadiums turn to the Civil War for cannon-design inspiration.
- Artisanal toast has arrived, and it was born in San Francisco.
- There are just 400 lions left in West Africa.
