May 25, 2012: Morning
- State Dept. human rights report turns the spotlight on China for deteriorating conditions.
- Chinese citizens revolt over a $630 million plan to plant trees.
- People who do not know the Bible well have been gulled into thinking it is a good guide to morality.
- Solar plane takes off from Switzerland, heads for Morocco on trial flight for round-the-world trip.
- A weightlifting machine for weightless astronauts.
- First installment of Jennifer Egan's "Black Box," as serialized on Twitter.
- Tattoos and their origin stories.
- Inside the Qatari comedy scene.
- Old but gold: Kevin Guilfoile and John Warner's series on Jai al-Leno, Afghanistan's late-night comic.
- Scientists analyze German idea of fun, conclude that Germans just can't enjoy themselves.
- What your favorite Wes Anderson film says about you.
- The worst songs of Eurovision 2012.