May 14, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- I'd been struggling with whether to do it for nearly two years, ever since I learned I carry the BRCA1 genetic mutation.
- In light of Gov. Christie's recent gastric bypass, recalling Taft's weight-loss regimen.
- Over a two-and-a-half-year period, device and drug companies shelled out over $76 million just to physicians licensed in Massachusetts.
- Related: After the U.S. government banned medical studies of LSD, one elite researcher continued experimenting.
- TMN's Alexander Chee returns from Leipzig.
- In trustworthiness, arrogance, and compassion, Germans are associated with the best and worst European stereotypes.
- Steven Spielberg's techniques and themes.
- The one item that sends fear into the hearts of all dry cleaners: the sari.
- Poachers aim for another record-setting year in slaughtering rhinos, whose horns are worth their weight in gold.
- The more militant members of the NRA and most of its leaders may be un-American.
- The next meme? Getting dunked on.
- Related: It's more fun to be named Eddie, and other fact-ish items.
- The future of education is online—it's been a long walk to get here, with longer yet to go.
- University researcher explains why he quit email a month ago: to save more time, live life more.
- The luck of the listserve.
- Newt Gingrich puzzles over his "cell phone."
