May 28, 2013: Afternoon
- Texas slashes student testing after parents revolt despite starting the movement 30 years ago.
- Houston's Astrodome is dated and dusty, ugly to some eyes, but it is also irreplaceable.
- Tumblr of great art in ugly rooms.
- Archeologists in Mexico discover 4,926 cave paintings by nomadic peoples who evaded Spanish rule for centuries.
- New Republic editor orders his favorite cocktail—Long Island Iced Tea—to the disgust of bartenders at New York's finest restaurants.
- Dialect survey of how Americans pronounce "pecan" finds 29% put stress on the second syllable.
- Ninety-three percent of college women engage in "fat talk," a bonding ritual considered contagious.
- Gay conservative "political analyst" insists "it's obvious" President Obama was high on cocaine during the Benghazi attack.
- To play soccer after 40 isn't about sexual pursuit—it's about "sexual plausibility."
- Report from a session with a virtual therapist, programmed to respond as a doctor would to patients' cues.
- Small talk in email studied for "non-purposeful openings" and "aspirational closings."
- See also: How to determine what someone wants from you based on how they begin an email.
- Terrifying quotes from an interview with a 14-year-old about how she uses Facebook and her iPhone.
- Investigation into whether 15-year-old Audrie Pott was cyberbullied to death after being sexually assaulted.
- Upset by line calls they believe to be wrong, tennis players use smartphones to find social-media justice.
- Roger Federer does an "Ask Me Anything" session with Reddit users.
- Interactive guide on Rafael Nadal's style of play straining his injured left knee.
- Organizers of Roland Garros accept but don't embrace the English-speaking world's preference for "French Open."