Headlines from February 27, 2012
- “Meh,” once an obscure Yiddish word, now synonymous with (Meh) Romney.
- The Kennedys are back, with a 31-year-old former prosecutor who wears “voluminous Kennedy hair.”
- Researchers believe Maryland girl who doesn’t age may have clues to universal longevity.
- Let’s remember that many Democrats—Andrew Cuomo, Bill Clinton—spent decades on the wrong side of gay rights.
- Denial-of-service attacks still pale compared to shelling houses—i.e., “cyber-war” is still to come.
- Since 2007 Argentina’s government has published inflation figures that almost nobody believes.
- Europe may soon follow Argentina with a “Right to Be Forgotten” law, which would be terrible for free speech on the internet. #opinions
- Brief, relatively recent primer on countries bonding over shared currency, then falling out.
- BBC recommends 300 units of alcohol every 45 minutes (sort of). #video
- Researchers say our galaxy may be full of homeless planets, “wandering through space” rather than orbiting stars.
- Teller of Penn & Teller explains principles magicians use to beat neuroscientists at deception.
- New Yorkers: TMN’s Rosecrans Baldwin to read (with vodka) next week from forthcoming Paris, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down.
- Report from Miami: Global art has become like disco—“so enamored with itself it never got around to producing something worthwhile.”
- The Hans Zimmer music swells, and we’re reassured that it’s O.K. to rejoice. Adam Gopnik on the Bible’s Super Bowl/Hollywood aspects.
- Highlights from king of the breakfast tweet.
- Copperplate Gothic reinvented.
- Rove: To beat Obama, Republicans must adopt a platform of American exceptionalism.
- The world’s most miserable people are those in the wealthiest nations. #chart
- Pathologist turns microscope onto produce and swears off stringy fruits.
- We may have evolved to sleep in chunks, not straight through the night.
- Statistician Patrick Ball crunches numbers to uncover human rights abuses.
- The nine Best Picture nominees edited to include nothing but profanity. via #video
- GLAAD to honor any mainstream film that gets one thing right about being gay.
- Rick Perry…declined to be interviewed for this article. This week Texas A&M may appoint its first female yell leader.
- Houston residents pause to dress like a Texan, or dress like what people think that means.
- “Hopefully, if there’s a cat left on San Nicolas, there’s only one.”
- There is no nutritional need for foods with added sugar. Bittman wants government help in fighting poor diets.
- As the Greek economy implodes, greek yogurt booms.
- How to properly judge latte art.
- Salvador Dalí‘s legacy lives on with every Chupa Chup lollipop wrapper.