September 16, 2011: Afternoon
- British courts come down hard on arrested rioters, three-quarters of whom have previous criminal convictions.
- LAPD detains, but doesn't arrest, SpongeBob.
- Mug shots from Amish men booked for refusing to affix orange safety triangle to buggy.
- Coed naked rugby less sexy than thought.
- Research into wisdom of crowds shows sharing guesses leads to miscounted jellybeans.
- Dealing with a loved one's death through gChat records.
- Novel Italian court case holds prominent seismologists and geophysicists liable for failing to warn residents of earthquake dangers.
- Scientists make undergrads drool at cars, conclude that we drool at all attractive objects.
- Printer uses edible ink to create food with any design or ingredient.
- Mark O'Connell rounds up recordings of Yeats, Nabokov, Joyce, and more.
- Young Chinese with their (mostly discontent) thoughts.
- Alexis Madrigal on how beliefs killed Hmong men in their sleep.