September 6, 2013: Morning
By The Morning News
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- Germany—which has Europe's highest electricity prices—is about to get a 20% rate hike for going all in on wind and solar.
- When the correct answer to a math problem goes against one's political beliefs, it becomes unsolvable.
- Spanish helpline reports rise in suicidal callers since the nation's financial crisis began.
- Caught between China and the U.S., Australia tries to maintain positive relations with both, but sometimes stumbles.
- Dave first set foot on the island in November 1993, having been wrecked financially six years earlier.
- According to a new survey, internet users prefer anonymity, but they don't think it's possible.
- That a Turkish newspaper's pro-government Chomsky interview turned out to be fake should come as little surprise.
- See also: Journalists from Slate, Deadspin, ProPublica, NPR, and more on what readers should demand.
- At the end of a sleep study, participants went camping; by the time they came home, everyone was a morning person.
- Because "medical students' disease" is so common, when medical students really do get sick, doctors can be dismissive.
- When compared, educated low-skilled workers from developing countries are less educated than their U.S. counterparts.
- See also: Interviews with liberal-arts grads to find out where their major got them.
- The second part of @Seinfeld2000's novel, The Apple Store, currently in the crosshairs of Warner Bros.' copyright team.
- How not to market books.
- An artist alters magazine beauty shots into abstract, disturbing images.
- To me, loving a child who is different, a target and seen as vulnerable is my role as a father and decent human being.
