Headlines from May 3, 2012

Personal genetics companies “don’t have any straightforward truths to offer users.”
Details of a journey from Wall Street to Occupy Wall Street.
Remarkable art made from forsaken dollar bills. #tmn
Profile of Romney’s wealthy Bain colleague, now author of what may become “the most hated book of the year.”
Colin Firth on being a bad dresser, regrets, and wooing his wife.
Breaking up is hard to do with dignity—better to embrace every cliché. #opinions
Nobody bought the albums, which seemed appropriate, since their subjects were invisible and forgotten. Documentary goes in search of musician Sixto Rodriguez.
Millennials: Generation We or Generation Me? An examination of the data.
Day in the life of tilt-shift Venice. #video
Whiteboard of people’s inventions submitted to the New York Times.
Japanese urinal video game rewards men for strong flow.
Part one of a very long conversation between Greil Marcus and Simon Reynolds.
Bad fan fiction in the style of Dune.
New issues released from al Qaeda magazine, with a quiz and humor features along with killing advice.
Dubai is recovering thanks to the Arab Spring and The New Silk Road.
Americans call Pizza Hut’s pizza-cheeseburger hybrid an abomination—but the target market is the Middle East.
Will Self eats noodles in London.
Notes from the only debate between France’s final two presidential candidates before Sunday’s election.
Measurements show student brain activity plunging during class.
The best time to caramelize onions is yesterday. Rage against the conspiracy that says browning onions only takes 10 minutes. via
New York now has an indoor food-truck court in a 19-floor building.
Notes from the 19th-century trial of Albert J. Tirrell, the sleepwalking killer.
For his next project, performance artist who grew an ear on his arm hopes to grow a second skin of microbes.
Video of The Scream being sold for $120 million at auction yesterday.
Reddit members use anonymous accounts to confess their worst crimes and secrets.
Seven-page oral history of Friends, as told by its creators.
Emotions from the advertising life brought to life with animated GIFs.
Fiction enhances our ability to understand other people; it promotes a deep morality that cuts across religious and political creeds. Reading novels is good for you. #longreads