5 disturbing trends you should pay attention to in 2013

BARACK OBAMA The fiscal cliff: Proof that Obama is a horrible poker player? It looks like the president is caving in on taxes U.S. OPINION 36 compelling survey results from 2012 21 percent of Americans would rather give up sex than their cellphones. And 12 percent of us believed the Mayan apocalypse would end the world FUTURE OF THE GOP Will Republicans apologize for accusing Hillary Clinton of faking her concussion? The secretary of state has been admitted to the hospital for a potentially serious blood clot U.S. OPINION 5 disturbing trends you should pay attention to in 2013 You may think the survival of the tiny honeybee is insignificant. But as the honeybee goes, so goes humanity FROM OUR PARTNERS AT SLATE WATCH: The history of Earth in 60 seconds Behold, the entire 4.5 billion year history of the Earth compressed down into one minute. Well, the highlights at least ARTS+LIFE The best photojournalism of 2012 In some of the year's most remarkable images, tourists vacation near a shipwreck, the Space Shuttle retires, and Trayvon Martin is mourned with a unique hairstyle U.S. OPINION 6 really weird things we learned about humankind this year 2012's highlights include the reason only 10 percent of us are left-handed, and why our species might be getting dumber SEE ALL CARTOONS SLATE The fiscal cliff: How daily life will be affected NEWSER Facebook yanks New Year's notes over privacy fail NEW YORK MAGAZINE Kim Kardashian is having a baby POLITICAL WIRE Clinton, Obama top most-admired list SALON The best memes of 2012 Infographic: New Year's resolutions Each January, nearly half of Americans vow to make at least one change. 9 out of 10 fail. Here, an infographic guide         Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences | privacy policy  Copyright © 2012 The Week, All rights reserved.