Good day, bad day: April 23, 2012

GOOD DAY FOR:

Being partially seductive

A new study finds that the left side of human faces is generally more attractive to others than the right. [Huffington Post]

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up

Our robotic overlords

Research finds that test-grading robots can mark up students' essays just as well as humans. [The New York Times]

Pan-Pacific reunions

A Japanese teenager gets his soccer ball back after it washes up on the shores of Alaska — the first traceable debris from last year's tsunami to show up in North America. [Newser]

BAD DAY FOR:

Manhattanites' egos

Newly-minted New York Jet Tim Tebow chooses to live in a condo in Hoboken, N.J., instead of New York City. [Business Insider]

Single ladies

One in 10 single men would rather own the latest iPad than find a new lover, according to a new study. [Discovery News]

Diplomacy in the House of Murdoch

The Simpsons celebrates Fox's 25-year anniversary by mercilessly lampooning Fox News on national television. [HyperVocal]

For more winners and losers see: Good day, bad day: April 20, 2012