March 26, 2015
- Genome sequencing data from Icelanders shows that our oldest human ancestor lived about 239,000 years ago.
- Humans are the only animal to suffer from schizophrenia, thanks to our big, complex brains.
- Returned US soldier Bowe Bergdahl charged with desertion.
- With US forces gone, Yemen quickly becoming a model of "absolute failure" of US foreign policy.
- If history is a guide, foreign intervention In Yemen will only exacerbate the situation.
- Arabs have very real, legitimate worries about Iran's increased muscle-flexing.
- Bolton: The time to bomb Iran is now.
- Lawyer's desire to kill gay people throws new light on California’s historically permissive voter initiative system.
- Candidates for name of the year.
- Guantanamo prisoner's diary isn't outsider art, but "an extraordinary artifact of US empire."
- Toni Morrison: The world is bruised and bleeding, but it's critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence.
- Beijing to shutter last of four coal plants in attempt to rein in pollution.
- Professional Thai family men lift their fashion from Mexican gangsters.
- Fashion tips from Fran Lebowitz.
- German social network for sex workers seeks "brothel tester" to establish a quality/rating systems.
- Anonymous questions submitted by fifth graders during sex-ed class.
- Photographs of laptops designed by kids for ideal kid usage.
- Tinder hack fools straight men into flirting with one another.
- Tumbling oil prices calm crime in Nigeria.
- Court battle brews over whether bankrupt RadioShack can sell customer data despite promises not to.
- Today in the Tournament of Books, presented by Field Notes: An Untamed State v. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay.