Throughout the 20th century, life expectancy in the developed world increased by 30 years--two new theories on how to push it further. At the current rate of data explosion, all internet domains will be claimed in about one year. Using underground X-rays, scientists discover a wooden Stonehenge within
Improving on his previous gifts to Brits, Obama gives Cameron a signed Ed Ruscha lithograph. Political prisoners in Kenya awarded compensation for torture during Moi's tenure. BP workers prepare to evacuate the oil spill site ahead of tropical depression. Pre-spill, confidential survey of Deepwater workers found many
A conversation with Australian novelist Richard Flanagan about the erosion of book culture, Nicole Kidman’s genius, and souls that are ever underline-able.
Greece pays drivers $130,000 a year to run trains that are frequently empty. Researchers launch three-month, 8,000-mile trip from Italy to China with driverless cars. Wells Fargo ATM manager explains difficulty of maintaining machines in Antarctica. Unions hire minimum-wage workers to host protests. Part three
Playboy tests "read it for the articles" theory, launches work-safe website. Digital analysis reveals that Michelangelo drew a brain stem inside a fresco of God. Finally: It takes 3,481 licks to get to the center of a Tootsie Roll pop. It is only when you scored
Clinton announces new sanctions against North Korea. Better Business Bureau gives Hamas an A- rating and Starbucks an F. Moscow's drinking-and-diving deaths brushed aside by uproar around a flying donkey. Op: Supreme Court nominees should be required to discuss the larger issues of constitutional philosophy. U.
Summer yawns ahead, hot and school-free. What better way to spend the afternoon than with a book? The TMN writers’ children fill us in on their latest reads and rethink the endings.
Kafka's never-before-seen manuscripts create ownership dispute between his supposed inheritors and Israel. Account of the advantages of the beauty bias in every aspect of life. Analysts try to crack the identity of whoever bought all the cocoa beans in Europe. Judge upholds right to falsely claim
Books about food (sort of), Japan (David Mitchell), and a tough sassy Havana cop. Plus, Hugh Trevor Roper on history and lots on comics. Don’t forget your sunscreen.
David Cameron explained his plan yesterday to build a “big society” and no one understood a word of it. A translation, with help from droid Margaret Thatcher.
