May 2, 2012: Afternoon
- Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi sworn in as Burmese parliamentarian.
- Fifteen percent of the world's population convinced the end is near—and within their lifetime.
- Pictures compared of New York's Union Square on May firsts, 1912 and 2012.
- The state of our politics is at its worst—and that's a good thing for democracy.
- Courtney Love loses publicity rights to Kurt Cobain's image—to her daughter.
- Chairs are about status, power, and control—and they suck.
- Saga of the cattle semen industry, and the quest for the perfect milking cow.
- Treasure hunter says he's found bin Laden's body, but needs $200k to retrieve it.
- Kickstarter of the week: The Baffler.
- How Vietnam War heroin addicts showed that environment is key to behavior change.
- Experimental search engine removes top million sites from the results set.
- Tumblr explains how New York Times infographic sausage is made.
- Edgar Allen Poe short story predicted the famous Phineas Gage neuroscience case.
- Brief history of lyrics that aren't lyrics.
- See also: A history of whistling.
- Everything you need to know about the joy of baking and eating bagels.
- Story of the ridiculously complicated trailer for the new Batman movie.