October 23, 2013: Morning
- The face of aid in Africa is Angelina Jolie and doctors in lab coats, but it should be the minimally trained community health workers.
- Malcom Gladwell had his prefrontal cortex disabled to research ADD.
- Brunei to implement amputation for theft, stoning for adultery; criticism of policies is virtually nonexistent.
- In India, a woman is raped every 20 minutes; an interactive, crowdsourced map tells you what areas to avoid.
- North Korean ski tourism is good.
- Pyongyang intends to make a "Harlem Shake" video; it will be the first "Harlem Shake" video.
- Lorde and the politics (and problems) of highly successful teenagers.
- Five things you didn't know about Margaret Thatcher, including her liking for a nocturnal walk over post-dinner party games.
- Rare 19th-century photos of baseball players—“players didn't go to the gym.”
- See also: The very first photograph ever taken.
- State-by-state breakdown of "the American mood" in a map that took 13 years to build.
- See also: Map shows six decades of the most popular names for girls in all 50 states.
- Newly launched romance app Carrot Dating is based on bribery—but is it that different from regular dating?
- Related: Flowchart explains whether or not you can date that cute relative of yours.
- Arizona company offers balloon-suspended gondola ride high enough into the atmosphere to see dark space and Earth's curvature.
- Experian, one of the three major credit bureaus, sold Social Security and drivers license numbers to an identity-theft service.
- Scientists find a way to "eavesdrop" on neural activity by implanting electrode chips directly into patients' brains.
- Poetry, no longer mainstream, manifest in the meme.