* Frustrated by FDA approvals, ALS patients home-brew experimental treatments. * Spate of lawsuits arrive in New York courts from lawyers who find businesses with disabilities violations, then recruit plaintiffs. * Researchers marvel at orangutans' engineering skills while constructing their nests. * Tanzanian farmers try to thwart crop-raiding elephant packs, which
Portraits of young men in Panama showing off their bikes—strikingly decorated, variously macho, and altogether “priti.”
* New online dating sites embrace face-to-face singles events over scrolling through profiles. * Germans build a hand-cranked barrel organ out of Legos that plays the Star Wars theme. * Arguing that Tolstoy and Aristotle would consider meme culture an art form. * Ten years in, Andy Baio's favorite
South of Wall Street stands what is billed as the oldest standing structure in all Manhattan. The building that became Fraunces Tavern was built in 1719 by Stephen DeLancey, who’d been given the site in 1700 by his father-in-law, New York mayor Stephanus van Cortlandt. The Georgian-
* El Salvador marks its first murder-free day in almost three years. * For the first time, Kim Jong-un addresses the North Korean people—his father addressed the nation only once. * Uncovering new clues in the mystery surrounding the Bush National Guard story that ended Dan Rather's career.
Every Friday we take a look back at the week’s headlines, centering on a theme we’ve singled out as particularly important. Many of this week’s stories were related to remembering the bad things in order to make a better, happier, and more pain-free future. Researchers find
* Newark mayor, amateur superhero Cory Booker rescues neighbors from burning houses. * During the 2010 snowpocalypse, Booker and his staff were ready with shovels. * The psychology of walking. * Since eventually the lands of Earth will be subsumed by the rising tides of the planet, it is imperative we learn to live
* Unlike past rocket failures, this time North Korea did not maintain its launch was a success. * Researchers find "manipulating" past memories of drug use can help addicts avoid relapse. * As alternative medicine continues to come under fire from conventional physicians, some hope to combine the benefits of both.
* A prisoner of the Taliban for the past three years, American POW Bowe Bergdahl has been largely forgotten. * Kinkade may be synonymous with kitsch, but he's not so different from Hirst. * Research suggests work is killing us slowly, though being unemployed is worse. * Alain de Botton: "I
* After a campaign spent pandering to conservative ideals, Romney tries to win back women voters. * Romney has a Gore problem—people tend to describe both using robot metaphors. * North Korea flouts international pressure, moves forward with plans to launch a weather satellite. * What not to do if your child is
