March 12, 2012: Afternoon
- Iran War Clock at 10 minutes to midnight—48% chance that Israel or the U.S. will strike Iran in the next year.
- Tracking art for Sothebys depends "on both a high tolerance for monotony and a willingness to flirt."
- Dating site for married couples aims to reduce the divorce rate.
- Horror stories from the world of online dating.
- Running the numbers on how Gerhard Richter, who once couldn't move a single candle painting, became the best-selling living artist.
- Nothing funnier than a German trying to say "squirrel."
- Western artists made Hokusai's "Great Wave" one of Japan's most iconic images.
- Today in #TheRooster: Giant book meets small book, with Misha Angrist judging.
- Big demand on the web for authoritative reviews of doctors, but supply is lacking.
- Famed computer scientist analyzes quarter-century of his own digital stats.
- Public high schools sell seats to foreign students—up to $30k for a year in a public American school.
- St. Louis teenagers run game "knockout"—attempt to knock out a stranger with a single punch.
- How the "win-win" situation of organ donation is complicated by a blurred line between life and death.
- "It is with mixed emotions that Muppet Labs offers you a hearty congratulations on the recent success of your Mars Rovers."