Something More Exciting Must Be Happening Somewhere

Now, I'm all for science research and I'm all for newspapers and I'm even all for newspapers publishing articles about science research. But this is the second most e-mailed NY Times article as of now. That's right, an article about the different types of earwax. Nothing useful, nothing relevant or applicable. Just an article about why some people have wet earwax and some people have dry earwax. Must be a really slow news day...