* Facebook cofounder, fed up with nonprofits, advocates for new system of giving cash directly to the poor. * Internet trends report shows 81% of users of the top 10 websites live outside the United States and share far more online. * Most of young doctors' working time is indirectly related to
As New York City changes, so do its trains; our worries about life above and below ground move hand in hand. So which came first, the jitters or the subway?
* John McCain is pretty sure we can identify the "good guys" in the Syrian conflict after his secret visit to the country this week. * McCain's office says the senator was unaware he photo-opped with Syrian kidnappers and the story may have been planted by Assad
Try to figure out what the below map means using only clues contained within the map—the relationships between color-coded regions, say, or perhaps word clues. Anything you can detect, really, is fair game. If you’re stuck, here’s a clue. The answer is linked after the map.
* Interviews with Syrians who say they've witnessed atrocities. * Solar industry faces quality concerns. * China is building a city in Belarus as a manufacturing gateway between Russia and the EU. * With North America set to dominate the world's energy production by 2020, Saudi Arabia must respond carefully
* After 70 years, U.S. recognizes army volunteers who fought in Alaska during World War II as veterans. * Carbon dating tests show mislabeled Torah in Bologna is actually 850 years old—possibly the world's oldest. * Disturbing treatise from 1543 reveals Martin Luther as an anti-Semite whose beliefs
Should the cicadas arrive just in time for your wedding—biblical, unexpected, and yet, routine as clockwork—there’s nothing to do but carry on with the ceremony. Come hell or, in fact, high water.
“The Last of the Mohicans’” outfits were caught between the Old and New Worlds.
* 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
Your opponents have something to prove, certain wishes they want fulfilled. Also, they really hope their knees don’t blow out before halftime. Welcome to over-40s soccer.
