March 7, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Nora Ephron's son on her last days, final work, and feeling guilty about crying in the hospital when Hitchens had not.
- The death of Hugo Chávez as told by front pages from Latin American newspapers.
- Final moments of the Chebarkul meteor reconstructed in order to pin down its origin and how it got to Earth.
- Nearly half of all Native American women have been raped, beaten, or stalked by an intimate partner.
- Scientists go data-mining on the internet to find unreported side effects of prescription drugs.
- If a modified strain of H5N1 virus escaped from research labs, it could cause an outbreak with 1 billion casualties.
- Recruiters are skeptical that 13 million LinkedIn members are really skilled at “management.”
- Neurologist and cartoonists explain how the funny happens and where jokes begin.
- Reporter moves in with Jimmy Kimmel in order to write a profile, get stoned, and study his extreme attention to detail.
- Our Tournament of Books, presented by NOOK® by Barnes & Noble, swings into daily action today.
- New study finds ways that an adult brain could become more adolescent, ergo more nimble, whether for therapy or cognitive enhancement.
- Pitchaya Sudbanthad on the political, culinary, and TV-watching preferences of northern and southern Thailand.
- Milton Glaser toasts his logo design for Brooklyn Brewery, celebrating its 25th anniversary.
- Volvo announces cyclist detection facility which will stop the car if a biker suddenly swerves into the way.
- See also: How not to kill a cyclist.
- Privacy will mean nothing when everyone's wearing Google glasses; also, the benefits will accrue to Google, not the wearer.
