Headlines from February 25, 2013
- Obama’s team formalizes its second-term fundraising and agenda-activating mission. #politics
- Despite their long history of doing bad things together, North Korea wouldn’t have tested an Iranian nuke. #opinions
- Thin snows foreshadow another summer of drought and wildfire.
- To take ownership of a statuette, Oscar winners first must agree to sell it back to the Academy before anyone else.
- A guerrilla TV show’s documentary from the 1976 Academy Awards. #video
- Communication experts warn parents that admitting past drug use will make their children more likely to use.
- Dad leaves angry review on TripAdvisor after hotel stay during a Furry convention. #travel
- During the last wild bear’s brief stay in Switzerland, he broke into a home, was hit by a train, and started a fire. #nature
- Believed to be the world’s oldest marathoner, London’s Fauja Singh, 101, runs final race.
- A look inside “The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Tennis Game in New York,” according to its eight players.
- Related: Author—and former junior tennis player—Nic Brown faces off against an ATP tour pro. #tmn
- The original 1970 graphics standards manual for the New York City Subway.
- A cover of Massive Attack’s “Teardrop” played on vegetables. #video
- Medicine in the U.S. is big business—that should be our first clue when asking why our medical bills are so high. #longreads
- Scientists discover how brain cells in the midst of a stroke protect themselves from damage.
- You have to do the work yourself. How music helps children to deal with bereavement.
- Defense Dept. finds drone pilots are as susceptible to stress disorders as pilots deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
- As important in a detection dog’s work is…that he does not know what humans know.
- Suddenly it’s on everyone’s mind. Scientists describe various plans for stopping asteroids from hitting Earth.
- Related: From asteroids to killer volcanoes to pandemics, we’re preparing for disaster, but it may never be enough. #tmn
- Now 81, Raul Castro announces his new term, which ends in 2018, will be his last.
- Our view of abolitionists is shaped by movies like Lincoln and is entirely divorced from proper historical context. #opinions
- Oscar nominees tell the same stories over and over. #video
- “The Big Whobowski”: The Big Lebowski trailer in the style of Doctor Who. #video
- Storytelling secrets from a four-year-old pretending to be Batman.
- Photos from the original Kenner Star Wars toy factory.
- Guess the name on the Starbucks cup. #quiz