July 25, 2013: Afternoon
- A brief history of England's King Georges.
- Jane Austen to replace Charles Darwin on UK's £10 note.
- Irish justice minister calls his country's refusal to permit abortions for rape, incest, and fetal abnormalities "unacceptable cruelty."
- Anthony Weiner's letter to his supporters, annotated with his sexts.
- Weiner never intended to win: This campaign is about cleansing him of past sins.
- How bacteria network and communicate: Through shared membranes, they become a "microbial wolf pack."
- Scientists discover what triggers cat allergies, and are one step closer to a preventative medicine.
- The tiny blue dot in this photo of Mars is our rover.
- For years, Kerry has been working behind the scenes to secure direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
- Five years ago, writers for The Simpsons invented a box-office fantasy league.
- Games of Thrones writers try their hand at an episode of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
- Now that Netflix has a universal winner with Orange Is the New Black, watercooler TV appears doomed.
- See also: James Pearson explores how our current era of on-demand television series encourages binge-watching.
- Junot Díaz took to Rap Genius to explain one of the footnotes in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.
- The Washington Post is collecting letters from kids away at summer camp.
- Consequence of Sound's "Dusting 'Em Off" series locates past musical gems—some hidden, some forgotten.
- Woody Allen's collected satire for the New Republic in the 1970s.