Flight Attendant Uses Emergency Slide to Escape Dispute.

He was thought to be the oldest man in Tokyo - but when officials went to congratulate Sogen Kato on his 111th birthday, they uncovered mummified skeletal remains lying in his bed. Mr Kato may have been dead for 30 years according to Japanese authorities.

Turkish bridegroom accidentally kills three relatives after firing AK-47 at his wedding.

A man accused of carrying a set of skeletal remains in a backpack told police that he had fantasies of killing people but had not actually killed anyone.

The owner of a pair of inflatable breasts is being sought by police, who believe they were stolen.

Doomsday shelters–intended to protect those inside for up to a year from catastrophes such as a nuclear attack, killer asteroids or tsunamis–are making a comeback.

The gunman who survived at least 21 bullet wounds in a Harlem shootout with cops probably broke a record, a forensic expert said.

They’re known for speeding, cutting corners, mouthing off to passengers and driving like maniacs. But now, bad cabbies are being sent to reform school at record rates to shape up — or else. “teach them about anger management.”

Bluntly: American Apparel is probably fucked. Here’s why. Unrelated: NYC Fashion Week, September 9 through 16 and London Fashion Week, September 17 through 22.

Just how risky are China’s housing markets?

Drug trafficking has long gone on in Mexico, and for many decades operated under the eye of the government, according to analysts. More: Acapulco, Mexico’s celebrated coastal resort, was once a destination for Hollywood stars, but now struggles to attract foreign tourists frightened by drug-related violence.

On the bright side, the practices that consumers have adopted in response to the economic crisis ultimately could — as a raft of new research suggests — make them happier. New studies of consumption and happiness show, for instance, that people are happier when they spend money on experiences instead of material objects. Related: How Money Restricts Life’s Pleasures.

Running improves memory: Steps to a better brain.

You told me that already! Why we’re so poor at remembering to whom we told what.

Central to the art and science of persuasion is understanding three goals for which everyone is aiming.

Beautiful women are denied manly jobs.

An estimated 68,130 Americans will be diagnosed this year with melanoma, the most dangerous form of skin cancer, and 8,700 will die from it.

Girls entering puberty at younger ages, study suggests.

It’s all in the toes. Why Old World monkeys change their limb posture to run.

What’s the link between left-handedness and drinking behaviour?

Now we are starting to work with organisms that are more likely to appear in a hospital, like staph and influenza, and we have our sights on Clostridia difficile, Pneumococcus aeruginosa, Acetinobacter baumanii and an alarming number of other bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics.

So, drinking beer = more likely to get bit by potentially malaria-carrying A. gambiae mosquitoes. Related: Attracting mosquitoes by smell.

Ancient “cat-crocodile” found in Tanzania.

Ancient Mars rocks may be remains of life.

Scientists reaffirm theory that giant asteroid killed dinosaurs.

Computer scientists solved the Bermuda Triangle mystery.

The death of the phone call.

5 Futuristic Metals That Are More Metal Than Apple’s Fancy Metal.

A Girls’ Guide to Saudi Arabia.

What is known about Agatha Christie’s mysterious “disappearance”?

Über Coca, Freud’s experiences with cocaine.

As late as the 1860s the only way to transmit information across oceans was by ship, which meant weeks of lag time between sender and receiver. Naturally, the completion of the first sustainable transatlantic telegraph line (1866) redefined international communications—literally overnight. The epic struggle to lay the first transatlantic cable.

If planets like ours are common but intelligent life like ours is rare, then it should be rare that life on a planet evolves to our level of development before life is no longer possible on that planet. If Earth was “lucky” in this way, and if life had to go through a series of stages of varying difficulty to reach our level, how long should each stage have taken?

I’ve published several books, won adoring reviews, and even sold a few copies. But I’ve made almost no money and had my heart broken. Here’s everything you don’t want to know about how publishing really works.

“Lolling in a chair was the new creative supervisor of Ted Bates & Co. advertising agency, one Jerry Della Femina, 30 years old, a $50,000-a-year marvel out of Brooklyn, hired to bring a bit of sparkle to the Bates image.” The writer described a brainstorming session for a new client, a “Japanese electronics company” called Panasonic. It was Della Femina’s first day on the job and he was surrounded by account executives, art directors and copywriters awaiting his direction. Finally he cleared his throat. “I’ve got it! How about this for a headline: ‘From Those Wonderful Folks Who Gave You Pearl Harbor.’”

Fiona Gardner, Meet Miss Subways, 2007. (Miss Subways was a beauty contest run by the Subways Advertising committee from 1941–1976.)

David Zwirner’s pop-up bookstore.

The Ten Most Iconic Crotches in Rock History.

Must be getting tough, Renzo Rosso, keeping Stupid Fresh, yes? Diesel Denim 2010/2011 campaign.

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every day the same again | August 9th, 2010