May 23, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Q&A with a tornado chaser.
- Riots break out in Stockholm suburbs over racism-fueled police brutality.
- Conspiracy theories also seem to be more compelling to those with low self-worth, especially with regard to their sense of agency in the world.
- As the world's population continues to grow and resources shrink, 3D-printed food may become more appetizing.
- Around 85% of clothing purchased every year is thrown away; here's what happens when you donate it instead.
- For the fourth time since 1956, Portland voters reject fluoridation.
- Mark Binelli meets the motorcycle men working hard to save Detroit, one fiend at a time.
- See also: Out this week, Edward McClelland's Nothin' But Blue Skies, a collection of rust-belt tales.
- Related: McClelland profiles the sole survivor from a 1966 Great Lakes shipwreck.
- This week, restoration will begin on the Apollo Saturn V engines Jeff Bezos recovered from the ocean floor.
- Steve Wilhite weighs in on how to pronounce one of his best-known inventions: the GIF.
- Bloomberg to Taxi Club: "When I am out of office, I am going to destroy your fucking industry."
- Citing a nagging lower-back injury, Murray drops out of the French Open.
- Attend medical school via Tumblr.
- Excerpts from Imaginary Oklahoma, flash fiction—prairie-style from novelists Jonathan Lethem and Aimee Bender.
- Spiders From Mars bassist Trevor Bolder dies, age 62.
