October 14, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Columbus Day does not commemorate discovery, but, rather, the ambiguous "landing."
- Vent your shutdown frustrations: Take a drink, enter your number, and drunk dial Congress.
- While you sleep, your brain moves memories from short-term to long-term storage.
- In a very short period Mozambique saw colonialism, post-colonialism, communism, civil war, dynamic capitalism.
- Iceland's literary culture is robust; one in 10 citizens are expected to write a book.
- Due to demand for locally sourced food, Britain is running out of space to ranch chickens.
- Why hotel towels dry faster than the towels you have at home.
- Tim Gunn: "In terms of romance and that element of dating—yuck, no thank you, I don't need it."
- Why are some gay causes more fashionable than others?
- This week the IHT changes its name; a look back at 126 years of international news.
- A historical timeline of the sounds of New York City.
- See also: Armed with data-recording apps and a fistful of 1901 maps, one man uncovers the secrets of Bristol.
- Next month is Doctor Who's 50th year—of course we should be freaking out about the newly discovered episodes.
- Extraordinary photos of the Hindenburg; last May was the 75th anniversary of the disaster.
- A dispatch from Cambodia.
