March 1, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- World Health Organization says people living near the damaged Fukushima nuclear plant have an increased risk of cancer.
- In Bangladesh, street brawl over court decision to hang Islamic fundamentalist leader leaves 32 dead.
- A poem for citizen Ratzinger, in the wake of the VatiLeaks scandal: "Everyone Popes."
- Open letter to American Catholics: If the pope can quit the church, so can you.
- The story the internet loves currently: "We Found Our Son in the Subway."
- See also: Sarah Hepola lists everything she learned while living in New York City.
- Neuroscientist connects the brains of two rats so that when one moves to press a lever, the other one does, too.
- Real-life master thief of the Great Train Robbery of 1963, Bruce Reynolds, dies at age 81.
- When it was needed most, Van Cliburn gave the U.S. and the Soviet Union cause for mutual agreement.
- Digital publishing is killing off the ISBN.
- Value of virtual currency Bitcoin reaches all-time high, trading at more than $33.
- Two-thirds of grandparents feel their role in life is being eclipsed by Google, Wikipedia, and YouTube.
- Related: The P37 S65 robot is designed to care for the elderly and tell them jokes.
- Star Trek's Galileo shuttlecraft currently being restored after 40 years of being passed between collectors.
- For your Friday unwind: Underwater footage shot while scuba diving in the Fiji islands and Tonga.
