Headlines from February 9, 2010
- Study: A surplus of men in China equates to more savings for the country.
- A study of the Times's most-emailed articles shows people want to spread positive, awe-inspiring news.
- N.A.S.A. launches David Bowie concept mission.
- Someone leaked a memo about Operation Stardust to the papers...I ate Dexamyl for dinner.
- I work on the Bowie principal--do something once and it's a mistake; do it three times and it's an arrangement. L.R.B. personals editor serves up his favorite ads.
- As the Olympics roll up once again, editors cringe over writers who verb "podium" and "medal."
- Arizona Tea Partier plans a summer run against McCain, who counters with an awkward move to the far right.
- White House proposes a new climate service to provide farmers and water regulators with global warming forecasts.
- Matthew Lickona explains why he wrote a comic book about an aborted fetus.
- British designers draft a safer pint glass.
- A man turns the detritus of his life into a yard of scrap memories, and his neighbors hate him for it.
- Google Voice poetry.
- Matthew Baldwin's 2010 "Make-Yer-Own Oscar Pool" is now open and ready for your party's picks.
- Yulia Tymoshenko refuses to concede in Ukraine, but many doubt she'll have time to prove there were violations.
- Five possible benefits to the U.S. should Iran build a bomb.
- Mexico City's homicide rate today is less than a third of that for Washington, D.C.
- Wisconsin and Kansas rated as top states for spotting highway-side sculpture.
- Story of a professor's response when a student is jailed on a terrorism charge (including what books she sent him in prison).
- Distance is no protection these days. Change is invading Patagonia by sea and hydropower.
- Account of what it's like to visit a plate boundary on land, "the line demarking the collision of two massive tectonic plates."
- Audio slideshow explores the colorful world of plankton.
- Scientist tells Sunday Times they got a story wrong about blondes; Times says he misunderstands his own data.
- Video footage of the launch of STS-130 (see also photos), the last night launch.
- Video analysis on how to perform a triple lutz-triple toe loop.
- Tuesday poem: "The Fluffer Talks of Eternity," by D.A. Powell.
- Only 1,289 independent bookstores remain in the U.K.