March 16, 2012: Afternoon
- Interactive graphic shows the scale of the universe, from the Kuiper belt to humans to a helium nucleus.
- A jumprope that shifts space and time on every jump.
- Timeline of recent moral panics, from "pharm parties" to "buttchugs."
- Prank robo-calls tell voters in Canada that their polling stations have changed.
- Neuroscientists race to study split-brain patients as their numbers decrease.
- Notes on recording soundscapes, the "extinction of silence," and humans' explosive noises.
- Pictures of French dancers floating in supermarkets.
- House rules for parties in Ames, Iowa.
- Bette Davis says "son of a bitch," other Holllywood bloopers.
- Southern Miss students chant "Where's your green card" at Kansas State player from Puerto Rico.
- "Seafood freak" measures the Gulf's recovery by the current taste of gumbo.
- Today in #TheRooster: The Hairpin's Edith Zimmerman can't find a book she likes.
- Thanks to ToB presenter Field Notes, you'll get a free notebook with any purchase (coupon code ROOSTER).