September 15, 2014
- Nearly 70% of Americans doubt that the US will effectively defeat ISIS.
- Syrians in Jordanian refugee camps have been pushing daughters to marry at younger ages, ostensibly to protect them.
- Ten years after Russian forces' botched hostage rescue at a school left hundreds dead, an official investigation has yet to be completed.
- Police detain Django Unchained actress under suspicion of prostitution, after kissing her white partner.
- TMN’s Angela Chen on the growing existential threats of ever-smarter AI.
- Sleepers in odd places, from atop a Mexican freight train to inside a Chinese Ikea.
- McDonald's India to temporarily replace Happy Meals toys with children's books.
- Study of MacArthur fellows implies a connection between creativity and mobility.
- The very fact of their not being Southern is what brings the singular "y'all" into existence.
- Jewish Museum of Belgium re-opens four months after deadly attacks.
- Scientists say the sound of a single atom, finally recorded, is the softest sound physically possible.
- The new generation of robots can move objects with humanlike grasps; soon, they may be able to load the dishwasher.
- An entire Tumblr devoted to dudes wearing startup T-shirts.
- A eulogy for the iPod.
- Transmen—women who physically transition to men—find they are taken much more seriously at work post-transition.