July 25, 2011: Afternoon
- Op: Our nation now governs by deadlines, which is no way to get anything done.
- Conservatives respond to Borders closing.
- Electricity-saving Japanese beat the heat with cooling foams, tank tops for dogs.
- Turntable.fm's top DJs.
- Descendant of Lizst and Wagner talks religion, Bayreuth, and her favorite ancestor.
- Scientists declare time travel impossible.
- Subway contractors to leave 200-ton drill below Park Avenue as a gift to future archeologists.
- Construction nears on the world's most powerful telescope, capable of penetrating dark matter--and perhaps detecting life.
- Spatial design flaws in The Shining.
- Photos: The greater jellyfish migration in a Palau lake.
- Animals drawn poorly on cocktail napkins with lasers shooting out of their eyes.
- Happy birthday, Mr. Rubik, as expressed through a cubical cake.
- A comparison of global parking rates.
- Reddit: What would happen if I swallowed a ball bearing and went for an MRI scan?