June 10, 2014
- Democrats say broad acceptance of the need to fight climate change makes a carbon plan a winning issue.
- President Obama just did something he hasn’t done in years: speak frankly and passionately about his views on climate change.
- More than one-quarter of Israelis want to get rid of the presidency, "a pricey but ultimately powerless office."
- Lions and tigers and Valium: "Every animal with a mind likely has the capacity to lose it."
- Pittsburgh surgeons attempt amazing new technique: removing a patient's blood—killing him—before trying to save his life.
- Growing sex-robot industry largely makes sexbots to be women for straight men.
- Boko Haram returns to the same nomadic settlement in north-east Nigeria to kidnap more women.
- Six reasons why Clinton would give us a 635-page book devoted to her thoughts on diplomacy.
- Cord Jefferson: "If you're black and your beat is to offer your thoughts and opinions on the degradation of black Americans, you'll never want for steady work."
- Oral history of the funniest night ever.
- In the season of bachelorette parties and class reunions, Iliza Shlesinger on girls who secretly hate each other.
- Reports of Paris's "love lock" bridge crumbling under its own weight are not exactly true.
- Industrial California town cuts crime by 66% by offering likely offenders counseling and cash.
- Scientists in Poland develop laser-based device that can detect alcohol vapor inside a car as it passes by.
- Preparing for the World Cup, American "football" fans adopt foreign traditions, but not everyone yet understands scarves and pitches.
- Mike Deri Smith on the super fans and gonzo money that could ruin soccer in New York.