September 25, 2013: Afternoon
- A complete history of U.S. government shutdowns and why they happened.
- Powerful earthquake in Pakistan kills 45 and causes a new island to rise in the Arabian sea.
- Beirut activists fight to preserve 2,000-year-old Roman hippodrome after government approves replacing it with luxury homes.
- Aerial photographs of Mexico City's sprawling, seemingly endless suburbs: "a concrete stain."
- Professor uses 3D animation to discover a potentially groundbreaking photo of Abraham Lincoln.
- Comments can be bad for science. That's why, here at PopularScience.com, we're shutting them off.
- How a copycat shuttle helped launch the Soviet space era.
- Stunning videos capture Bird of Paradise courtship rituals.
- Going back to nature produces benefits, but looking at nature can be just as good for you.
- London Safari Park enforces dress code.
- "Male Dallas Zoo gorilla to get therapy for sexist attitude."
- Burger King's "Satisfries," crinkle-cut fries with 40% less fat than regular fries, took 10 years to engineer.
- Disorder that enhances fondness for food linked to inability to recognize fear or expressions of disgust.
- See also: Readers of romantic fiction are more attuned to picking up on a person's emotional state based on facial clues.
- Russian novels should replace sex ed because it'll teach the basics.
- Flannery O'Connor was serious about being paid for her writing.
- Leslie Harpold: "Roses are red / Violets are blue / Pay my ass."