July 19, 2012: Afternoon
- How North Korea set the world on edge for an hour this week.
- The Aegean island of Ikaria wants to quit Greece and join Austria—1,242 miles away.
- New research supports theory of plants that suck carbon dioxide to the ocean floor and ease climate change.
- Anthony Doerr on our next generation of geoengineers.
- Body suit simulates the symptoms of aging.
- The difference between Mr. Perenyi's legal business and his criminal one is that now he makes clear his paintings are reproductions.
- The Romney impersonator market heats up.
- The "soft touch" of boy band One Direction is "softening" masculinity.
- Bikini Kill celebrates its 25th anniversary by starting a record label.
- The oldest vinyl album in the world—recreated from a photograph of the original recording.
- The age that [Alec] Baldwin is at is 54. Incredibly, that's only four years older than Tom Cruise.