October 15, 2013: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- White House rejects House Republicans' counterproposal that tacks on more changes to Obamacare.
- After the Balkans and before the war on terror, a military guide to PsyOps.
- When a woman kisses a man, she might be subconsciously detecting and scrutinizing his chemical signals.
- Doctors worry a new wave of testosterone advertising could turn into a new wave of coronary artery disease.
- Since they've been having it for months or years—and now they're drunk—fewer couples are having sex on their wedding nights.
- How wine labels trick us into buying.
- Now that Lars Peter Hansen has won an economics Nobel, here are a few shots at explaining his Generalized Method of Moments.
- The most fundamental features, things that we take for granted in Martins, he wasn't doing before he discovered Spanish guitars.
- Even though more people listen to music than follow sports, sports makes more money because it's regional and religious.
- Cuarón on Gravity.
- A bear plays tetherball, perhaps wishing it was a human head.
- Alexander Chee enters a health kick, discovers there's no cleanse that can purify you, truly.
- Meem is 9 years old and works as a sewing helper in a garment factory. For a few days this summer, she was also my boss.
- Civil War-era photos colorized.
- Security camera records worst parking lot exit ever.
- Depraved masochist enjoys following the news.
