June 10, 2013: Afternoon
- It's too early to lionize Snowden.
- He's in a better position than if he had committed murder, but [the legal strategy] is not necessarily a winner for him.
- Tenants ousted from East Village building can purchase apartments for $10 in the high-rise that will take its place.
- So far straights playing "gayface" has met little backlash—though it's a challenge for actors who must sort out which aspect to portray.
- Paul Ford explains web pages.
- See also: More answers to "Who Made That?" in the New York Times Innovation Issue.
- Archaeologists believe cow dung may have played an essential role in the early production of glazed pottery.
- So far English has borrowed few words from Chinese, though that's going to change soon enough.
- Russian social media guffaws over news of Putin's divorce.
- Nature rebukes Harvard nutritionist for oversimplifying the results of an obesity study.
- In Norway, the Bible has become a "runaway" bestseller.
- With tire prices out of control, more drivers are opting to rent rather than buy outright.
- A new study shows many designated drivers do in fact end up drinking.
- The myth of "Just do it."
- To see how infinity can have more than one size, let’s first ask ourselves how the sizes of ordinary numbers are compared.
- A track-by-track deciphering of what Michael Stipe is singing on Murmur.