Headlines from January 31, 2012
- Diplomats battle (against Russia) to demand Assad’s resignation.
- Now’s the time to reread Vogue’s fluff profile of Assad’s wife and family.
- Eurozone unemployment ends 2011 at 10.4%, up 751,000 from 2010.
- Hungary growing weary of ties to the EU and its empire-building.
- Scathing review of the new Hockney show doesn’t vibe with “more people smiling in any gallery I’ve ever been in.”
- In light of the Costa Concordia crash, remembering when a Berlin candy company bombed people with chocolates.
- Pictures of Antarctica (not really) taken from inside a plastic bag.
- Whether people were ever swallowed by whales and what happened to them if they were.
- Drought and growing demand for red meat in East Asia drive up American beef prices.
- “Booth Babes” at annual MacWorld Expo not doing much for the role of women in computer science. #opinions
- Robert McMillan traces the history of computer passwords, discovers they were useless from the start.
- How to pronounce words hilariously. #video
- New York Public Library animates stereoscopic images.
- The favorite books (“of all time”) of DFW, Jennifer Egan, and other authors.
- Quiz: Recognize the film by its cover.
- These stories are often set in one of Hong Kong’s marbled, gleaming and obsessively clean shopping malls. Hong Kongers bristle against mainland tourists.
- Through meticulous infiltration…members have carried out shocking acts of cultural preservation and repair.
- Franzen: Serious readers will always prefer print.
- Forensics lab finds it takes Texas vultures 37 days to find a body but only five hours to “skeletonize” it.
- Introduction of Burmese Pythons linked to decline in Everglades mammal population.
- Every so often, however, a mammalian lineage discovers the wonders of chemistry. The oddity of animals with noxious abilities.
- Critics need to attack ACTA on the correct grounds; knee-jerk reactions spread misinformation. #opinions
- Ultrasound good not only for viewing babies, but also for preventing them.
- Ketamine investigated as depression cure that starts acting within hours.
- Man creates fake cycling team that’s irrelevant, less serious than pros, gets real sponsors.
- After recession, invention—Japan now makes almost everything better than anyone else.
- The design changes have not impacted the functionality. A history of the red plastic cup.