January 17, 2012: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Illustrated explanation of how political candidates can boost their appeal by wearing Andrew Jackson's hair.
- Silent discos spread in noise-averse Paris, where partiers wear synchronized headphones.
- On the appeal of nightingale droppings as favored product for improving girls' skin in Japan.
- Statistics on scientific misconduct in Chinese research—widely witnessed, rarely reported.
- Collaboration has become the soul of corporate creativity, explaining why so little creative work is produced.
- List of every annoying thing that appears in the trailer for Wes Anderson's new movie.
- Critique of Jeff Koons and Cicciolina, and the work where everyone, including us, is exploited.
- Where the top 100 box-office winners from 2011 are streaming; hint: not Netflix.
- What would happen if you actually fell into or came near lava, as compared to Hollywood's version.
- Photos from the 2012 Daka Rally, with more than 500 teams currently racing across deserts in Argentina, Chile, and Peru.
