The only woman’s name that appears on the Declaration of Independence. National Geographic lays off its last remaining staff writers. Turn your walls or windows into huge, animated Lite-Brites. The Sol Reader is essentially a Kindle embedded in a pair of glasses. Making “smart paper” with liquid metal. A graphene-based wearable and wireless patch that detects signs of liver inflammation. A design firm’s war against…lawns. The new face of terror: a robotic dog with a flamethrower attached to its back. Barbie’s Dream House in each state. Is a 2,000-year-old Pompeiian fresco the oldest depiction of a pizza? 7-Eleven introduces Slurpee-themed jewelry, for some reason. All that and more in WhatTheyThink’s weekly miscellany.
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giant headache. we re in limbo. i m aggravated. really aggravated. reporter: thousands of passengers at la guardia and newark can only wait as crews plow runways and deice planes. the flight is cancel and we re hoping get another one back to toronto but it isn t looking good. reporter: there is hope the airports will move again. i haven t seen any employees to walk around to let us know what is going on and we re all not in the know and waiting to see what we can find out. reporter: closures create a ripple effect in far away states like california, ohio and florida. many people trying to remain hopeful. it is what it is. it s the holidays and we ve had fun and we re going to get home somehow. reporter: strong winds blow the drifting snow across roads in states like delaware. it makes it tough for cars. you re best off with a truck right now. reporter: but crews are working on it. showily but surely they will receive east coast roads and airports from th