Sweden Wins Gold in Women’s Curling
Sweden beat a Canadian team cheered by a cowbell-clanging crowd.
The Medium: Framing Childhood
Has the curating of digital photos come to define modern parenting?
Italian Billionaire Surrenders to Police in Money Laundering Probe
Silvio Scaglia, who founded Fastweb, Italy’s biggest telecommunications company after Telecom Italia, surrendered after arriving in Italy early Friday.
Riesch Wins Slalom; Vonn Misses a Gate
Lindsey Vonn, who won gold in her first event in Vancouver, the women’s downhill, failed to finish three of her next four events.
City Critic: Seeing POD People? It’s No Sci-Fi Film
The city has dispatched a vaccination team to some Jewish enclaves in Brooklyn to battle a mumps outbreak, where doctors have discovered an epidemiological oddity.
The TV Watch: Parties Jousting With Dire Warnings
Narrative choices designed to frighten were at the heart of the marathon health care summit meeting on Thursday.
What We’re Reading: Art Fraud, Steve Jobs and Citibank
Technology tidbits from around the Web selected by Times technology journalists.
One on One: Esther Dyson, Health Tech Investor and Space Tourist
Esther Dyson, investor and technologist, discusses technology that tracks your health and why she thinks you will want to use it.
Observatory: Converting Body Movements Into Electricity
Researchers at Princeton said they found a way to harvest the body’s energy using piezoelectric crystals, an application that could first be used in shoes to keep a music player charged.
Observatory: Some Fish Use UV Patterns to Recognize Species
New research provides support for the idea that some fish use ultraviolet light as a means of communication.
Observatory: Yeast Makes Temperatures Rise, Too
Researchers in Spain found that yeast brought to the dungwort plant by pollinating bumblebees warmed the plant’s nectar and the flower itself.
When It Comes to Content, Amazon’s Kindle Won’t Be Undersold
Amazon.com is pushing newspaper, magazine and book publishers to guarantee that Kindle customers will get the lowest prices on electronic content. In return, publishers may get a bigger cut of the revenue.
The Online Private Sale Trend Packs Its Bags
A new site called PackLate wants to offer steep discounts on last-minute vacations, using an approach that’s similar to private-sale fashion sites.