Doubling of Close Encounters Between Bears and Humans at Yosemite Worries Park Workers. The black bears at Yosemite are acting up again, and park officials are struggling to understand why. By Dean E. Murphy. [New York Times: Science]
'Kafka Goes to the Movies': The Moviegoer. Hanns Zischler, a German actor and director, was moved to write a book when he learned that Franz Kafka enjoyed silent movies, especially the trashy ones. By James Poniewozik. [New York Times: Books]
