May 24, 2013: Afternoon
- NOAA predicts active hurricane season, with up to double the typical number of major storms.
- Praise, disappointment over Boy Scouts' decision to admit openly gay Scouts.
- Overexposure to fluoride carries health risks—but not due to it being an unnatural industrial chemical.
- Suicide rates are rising, but there is hope we can reverse it.
- Former Syrian National Coalition president presents plan for political transition that would leave Assad supporters without legal protection.
- EU ignores austerity for now, approves ban on restaurants serving olive oil in dipping bowls.
- A student's educational saga is now culminating in a nationwide boycott of standardized testing.
- On the misperception of attention spans.
- From 1939 to 1945, Finland fought in three conflicts: against the Soviets; with the Germains against the Soviets; and against the Germans.
- Former French president says he was attacked by a panda while in office.
- How the lone dancing guy is a lesson in leadership.
- Q&A with "Boge" Gebre, activist against female genital mutilation in Ethiopia.
- A tour of the last unopened stretch of New York's High Line.
- Park Slope Family Circus.
- List of common misconceptions.
- A picture of a monkey riding a goat.