September 8, 2011: Afternoon
- Because it's there: UK scientists hope to revive a 1970s satellite still in orbit.
- Has 9/11 spurred a great work of art—or was DeLillo right that terrorists are the myth-makers of our age?
- Neuroscientists discover that you probably weren't where you thought you were on Sept. 11.
- From 1911, a Times headline announces the invention of the "psychometer," aka polygraph.
- Cannabis consumption correlates to lower rates of obesity.
- Related: The price of pot across our fair nation.
- California court denies Rastafarian's petition to legally change name to NJWeedman.com.
- Robert Birnbaum chats with Darin Strauss about the accidental death at the heart of his new memoir.
- Europe's crisis explained in Lego.
- A.V. Club presents 21 never-resolved or largely abandoned TV subplots.
- The 1960s were an especially fertile time for evil twins on television.
- Bad parking jobs bring out the best in angry windshield notes.
- NASCAR drivers attempt to explain away why they turned down Obama's White House invitation.