Headlines from February 21, 2012
- Eurozone agrees on second bailout for Greece; worriers wonder if default will come anyway.
- Friday was the last time that francs could be exchanged for Euros.
- Americans report record-high feelings for Canada, Australia, Germany, Japan, and India.
- Until recently, elections—“though blatantly unfree and unfair”—were at the heart of the Putin regime’s appeal and credentials.
- Overview of migrants, borders, and ideas about immigration in Europe. #longreads
- Starting in 2013, Mars will shave 11% off its candy bars to reduce calories.
- Guide to doing Zumba at 82.
- At 20, he attempted suicide-by-jaguar. Obituary for John Fairfax, who rowed across oceans.
- Juicy Q&A with Cher and Joan Rivers’s former manager.
- In case you missed it: How Target can tell you’re pregnant before you’ve told the dad. #longreads
- Tuesday’s poem: “To the Angelbeast” by Eduardo Corral.
- How “Linsanity” gets lost when translated into Mandarin.
- You should know who Georges Simenon was, and you should know that he wrote books that didn’t feature Maigret.
- Comic: Good cop, Dadaist cop.
- Similarly surreal: Amusement park rides shown unmoored in Buenos Aires. #video
- By framing the Tea Party as yokels and ignoring context, British coverage of U.S. politics feeds anti-Americanism. #opinions
- I hear there’s a lot of dengue fever going around. Three scenes inspired by the Gingrich campaign.
- For 14 years, an investigator has been tracking down NASA’s 184 missing moon rocks.
- New bus ad in London will be able to discern gender, change content based on audience.
- As our medical implants outlast the rest of our bodies, a new recycling industry is born.
- We can dig a pit and bury you alive in half an hour. BBC reports on being watched in China.
- We already may have found the pill that will erase painful memories. #longreads
- Scientists generate living plant for the fruit of an arctic flower that died 32,000 years ago.
- First lab-grown hamburger patty expected this fall.
- Everybody was on an austerity program. The decline of British cuisine post-World War I.
- Gloves painted with maps were the Google Maps of the 19th century. via
- Crunching the stats to find the couple who best fits the spirit of Times wedding announcements.