July 23, 2012: Afternoon
- Drug-resistant HIV in sub-Saharan Africa blamed on poor monitoring, lack of consistent treatment.
- The end of the AIDS epidemic is in sight—worldwide infection rate has declined 20% since 2001.
- With highly suggestible people becoming key to studies, hypnosis is making a comeback in scientific circles.
- Bloomberg to Obama, Romney: We heard your soothing words about Aurora—now explain how you'll fix the gun problem.
- Lenovo CEO gives his bonus to employees, equalling an extra month's wages for recipients.
- Art collector Herb Vogel—of Herb & Dorothy—dies at age 89.
- History of the fork, which was slow to catch on and brought condemnation upon a Byzantine princess.
- Reports of lobsters in odd colors—including white, blue, and calico—are on the rise.
- Woody Allen on pessimism, loving many people at once, and his vida loca.
- Jessica Francis Kane interviews her mother about working as a secretary at Playboy in the 1960s.
- Related: Kane recalls a riddle her father told about a mother.
- Pew Center reports one in five Americans now claim no religious affiliation.
- How the body breaks down while climbing Everest.
- Q&A on the science of training to become Batman.
- Also: It costs $2.8 million to be Batman.