What is Airpn’p and nine other must-see stories
January 26, 2015
- Vaccine holdouts shouldn’t go to Disneyland. It’s wrong to inflict dangerous choices on other peoples’ children.
- Davos could solve the gender inequality problem. The World Economic Forum is where connections are made to effect change.
- Donating money, clothes, and food is passé. Soon you can donate your personal data to save the world.
- It’s time to buy a really good camera. Do you really want your best moments captured on your “good enough” cameraphone?
- There’s an app for using other people’s toilets. Airpnp lets you pay to use a stranger’s bathroom.
- Genetically-modified mosquitoes may be released in Florida. Over 130,000 people have signed a petition protesting the experiment.
- Some jihadis have a twisted sense of humor. They hacked Malaysian Airlines’ website to show a message saying “404 – Plane Not Found.”
- The triumphant Greek leftists’ first tweet was to actor Hugh Laurie. The man who played Dr. House had just congratulated him.
- Ancient Mesopotamian soldiers had PTSD. Assyrian soldiers found themselves being “visited by ghosts.”
- Breakfast began in the 1500s. Little attention was paid to the morning meal before the Tudors made it fashionable.
