September 12, 2011: Afternoon
By The Morning News
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- Supercomputer looks backwards at news articles, predicts Arab Spring, bin Laden's location.
- Viewing Contagion as an argument for big government in times of crisis.
- Contagion consulting epidemiologist on the reality of Soderbergh's fictional bug.
- Researchers discover young bats learn to hunt by eavesdropping on experienced bats' sonar.
- Who would survive in fights between Texas college mascots?
- Nic Brown on why watching mixed doubles is a blush-inducing activity.
- Study: People get drunk at office parties because drinking in places where they're usually sober lowers tolerance.
- Tracing the history of sweet wine, from a legendary competition to Dutch tradesmen who brought it to Bordeaux.
- Psychologist shows pessimism, not landmarks, make return trips go faster.
- Some languages (Spanish) really are spoken faster than others (Mandarin), but all convey the same info.
- "Run," "stream," "wash": what we call a creek across the USA.
- Related: Pop vs. soda.
- Invisible ink's 2,000-year history includes references by Ovid, uses in Renaissance and Revolutionary War.
- As e-books overtake hardback sales, Ikea reconsiders the bookshelf.
- FTC shuts down iPhone apps claiming to cure acne through lights from glowing screen.
