Headlines from February 29, 2012
- U.S. and France draft resolution for humanitarian access to Syria.
- Conflicting stories show Obama and Bibi battling behind the scenes over Iran.
- Every revolution has its Lady Macbeth. Profiles of the women behind the Arab world’s dictators.
- Queen seeks baby born at Knebworth show, Aug. 9, 1986—the reincarnation of Freddie Mercury? via
- El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica have the world’s highest murder rates.
- In two decades, airports may use a single radar, like a fly’s compound eye, to track traffic.
- By 2020, it’ll seem quaint that we thought the world’s financial center needed to be near the Atlantic.
- France celebrates success of The Artist in part because French taxpayers paid its bills.
- Filmmaker follows Putin around, discovers that he’s exhausted and joyless.
- Atheists celebrated as unseen heroes during the Civil Rights era.
- If I were playing bridge, and my opponents were wealthy, I would expect them to cheat more—cheating requires smarts and some confidence that it can lead to victory.
- How a New York Times Magazine cover comes about.
- Ruin porn is a corrosively repeatable meme that makes any picture of ruins seem suspect. On the unspeakable pleasure of exploring ruins.
- U.S. military acknowledges sending unidentified 9/11 victims’ remains to landfill.
- With a plan to expand Bush’s massive health efforts, Santorum is the best hope for global health.
- Doctor data mines patient in the ultimate search for the “quantified self.”
- The adoption of memory-enhancing drugs is a clue to the future of radical human modification.
- How a pill affects the desire for religion.
- How to make Sudafed from meth (pdf).
- Scientists now estimate T. rex’s bite was the most powerful of any creature on Earth.
- In the nation’s largest Medicare fraud case, a Dallas doctor is accused of bilking $375 million.
- When it comes to electrifying crowds with new ideas and rhetoric, Mitt Romney is no George Romney.
- Meet the 92-year-old Florida woman fighting to preserve the culture of the ladies’ bridge lunch.
- California officials estimate Facebook’s IPO could inject nearly $2.5 billion into state coffers.
- We’ve already had one cardiac arrest today. A Mardi Gras ride-along with NOPD.