• I really enjoyed this video on how a quartz watch works.
• The Reader published its annual photo issue (with not one but two photos from Brian Bonenberger).
• A good story will involve George S. Kaufman or Groucho Marx. A great story will feature both.

Cook County and the Ohio State University are researching the coyote population in the Chicago area. Among their findings:

Coyotes are common throughout most of the Chicago region, and our radio-tracking data demonstrate that people and coyotes coexist on a daily basis, with people usually unaware of interactions.

That is, until one trots down State Street. The research site even has territory maps and graphs of pet attacks.