July 11, 2012: Afternoon
- Human rights activist jailed for three months for tweet criticizing Bahrain's Prime Minister.
- Conspiracy theories are fun and games until someone thinks you're the Zodiac Killer.
- Errol Morris would like to know if you're an optimist or a pessimist.
- Glaxo faces $3bn fine for fraudulent marketing—which is nothing compared to big pharma profits.
- Big Food has co-opted—and perhaps corrupted—the organic food business.
- Hot drinks and spicy food are effective ways to cool down in high temperatures.
- Food engineers retreat to Hawaiian lava crater to create recipes for space missions.
- Cord Jefferson on what you gain when you finally leave New York.
- Bloomberg launches contest to design 300 sq. ft. NYC apartments.
- Free to see in New York tonight: Victoire, Missy Mazzoli, and more rock/classical hybridization.
- Compiled audience footage recreates the Stone Roses' first reunion concert in Manchester.
- Twilight fan dies trying to keep her place in line after two days of camping for Comic-Con.
- Giles Turnbull explains how to predict a week into your friends' future.
- First picture ever posted online was of an all-female CERN comedy band.
- Kids in "Laptop Club" draw and explain their ideal computers.
- Delay is valuable, and it even works in fields—e.g., medicine—where time seems to be of the essence.
- Illustrations show the consequences of hitting baseballs that have been thrown at the speed of light.