November 20, 2012: Afternoon
- Republicans aren't ready to forgive Chris Christie for his post-Sandy embrace of Obama.
- Veterans with PTSD seek the help of a South Carolina couple who are finding success with MDMA treatment.
- Thieves with power saws steal, deface ancient California cliff carvings.
- Amid controversy over bias toward the oil and gas industry, SUNY shuts down tracking institute.
- Why there won't be a "cyber Pearl Harbor."
- A fertility doctor is under fire for hatching a plan to split a single batch of embryos among several patients.
- Paul Ford's adventures in IVF: "I was skeptical but did not say so. At least it was a plan."
- A throwback for Thanksgiving nonconformists: Serve eel.
- "How to Cook Thanksgiving Dinner" by Leslie Harpold.
- New York Times photographer explains how he shot this year's "steamy turkey."
- Think about this when you're carving your Thanksgiving bird: How to eat a triceratops.
- The rotten science of why we're never getting hoverboards.
- Simpsons producer talks about how the Beatles helped create modern animation.
- Brain scans reveal the prefrontal cortex changes that occur while freestyle rapping.
- With the Twinkie's future in question, chemistry teachers wonder how they'll teach the triple point of baked goods.
- Bryan Cranston revisits the Upper West Side.
- A new study shows humans are more likely to die in the late morning, specifically around 11 a.m.