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Top 50 Roadside Attractions in U.S. (TIME)

Summer vacations often mean road trips that include spectacular attractions along the way. TIME has compiled a list of the 50 best, including the Desert of Maine in Freeport.

John Rich ’39 Publishes Book of Color Korean War Photos

John Rich ’39, H’74, P’78, P’80, whose collection of rare color photographs of wartime Korea were the subject of the feature, “One Man’s Korean War,” in the November 2008 issue of Smithsonian magazine, has published a selection of those photos in a new collection, Korean War in Color: A Correspondent’s Retrospective on a Forgotten War (Seoul Selection, 2010). Rich spent nearly 30 years as a war correspondent for the International News Service and later for NBC News. He took more than 1,000 color photographs in 1950 while on the ground covering the Korean War.

Study: We're Happier When Busy, But Inclined To Be Idle (British Psychological Society)

A study by researchers at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business finds that humans, while happier when busy, are inclined toward idleness (“an evolutionary vestige that ensures we conserve energy.”)

Bowdoin Archaeology Student Digging The Maine Coast

Just a hop and a short boat ride away from the Bowdoin campus is Haskell Island, where Matt Gannon ’11 is knee deep excavating a shell midden — ancient Native American refuse sites —where 2,000 years of culture is near at hand.

Audio: How We Initially Overestimate, Later Underestimate Our Abilities (Scientific American)

Ever bought or taken on something new, only to drop it because you were sure you couldn’t master it? Research shows you may get the hang of it later than you may have expected — but sooner than you think.

'Till Sleep Do Us Part: Two-Bedroom Marriages On Rise (New York Times)

One in four married couples in the U.S. now sleeps in separate bedrooms. Times columnist Bruce Feiler examines the trend and advocates strategies for keeping it together through the night.

10 Ways Facebook Can Destroy Your Life (Newsweek)

Sure, networking and catching up with your best friend from kindergarten are worthwhile activities, but Facebook, which reportedly is registering its 500 millionth member this week, can also do more harm than good.

Video: Not For English Majors Only — Jane Austen Fight Club (Time)

The first rule of fight club is: don’t talk about fight club, so instead, watch this grand prize winner of a Santa Monica, Calif.-based film festival, which brings together the women of Jane Austen’s 19th-century English gentry and the “depraved sensibilities” of David Fincher’s classic film.

Bowdoin Wins ADA Service Award

Bowdoin has received the 2010 Denis Pratt ADA Award in recognition of what the Maine ADA Coalition describes as substantial contributions to the implementation of the Americans with Disabilities Act and service to the community.

Opinion: The Rise of America's 'Caring Industry' (Policy Review)

Today in America, there are 77,000 clinical psychologists and 192,000 clinical social workers. Fifty years ago, those numbers were 2,500 and 30,000, respectively. What’s going on?