September 13, 2012: Afternoon
- On the hunt for the director of Innocence of Muslims: He's not an Israeli Jew; he's a California felon using a pseudonym.
- Trailer for the absurd Innocence of Muslims.
- This is not simply a matter of "politicizing" tragedy; often, tragedy is political, and it is more than fair to recognize that.
- Reagan and Bush refused to criticize Carter's handling of the Iran hostage crisis from the campaign trail.
- Why conservatives are frustrated with Romney.
- "None of the above" should be an option on U.S. election ballots.
- A single Facebook message led to an additional 342,000 votes in the 2010 U.S. election.
- How SEAL Team 6 sleeps: frequent use of Ambien.
- Ask a hostage negotiator.
- A new study finds by the time overweight children turn 10, they consume fewer calories than their peers.
- On the gender gap in athletics, and why some people throw like a girl.
- Sportswear companies battle for patent control of pair of yoga pants.
- Man attempting to board New Delhi flight caught with a seven-inch loris monkey hidden in his underwear.
- Why I'm studying Sanskrit.
- In a letter to his son, Ted Hughes talks about the child that lives within each of us.
- Researchers administer Austen-reading patients MRIs to learn about science of reading.
- Live tweets from an LSD trip.
- The researcher who flouted the U.S. government's ban on medical studies of the effects of LSD.
- The life of a tech company chef.