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Headlines from March 4, 2013

Enormous turnout for Kenya’s elections; process seen as smooth, though six police officers were killed.
Scientists believe girl born with HIV is the first child and only the second person known to have been cured.
India’s Muslim population is steadily growing, and steadily falling behind the rest of the country.
Cosmetics inventor dies just when his “breathable nail polish”—permissible under Islamic law—grows popular among Muslim women.
How and why sinkholes form: an explainer.
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The windscreen’s resemblance as a framing device to the widescreen film image is often noted. Analysis of the experiential thrill of driving in films.
Scientists working to bring extinct species back to life, from the carrier pigeon to the wooly mammoth.
To hear good recordings of Bach is to appreciate the music’s filigree; to hear good performances live is mind-blowing.
A complex chain of supplies and labor is required to produce a can of Coke, and yet the number of individuals who know how to make a can of Coke is zero.
With the blaze went Canada’s gold standard of cheese curds. Round-up of recent cheese fires in the news.
To fight against laziness and mass-market culture, writer recommends grabbing oranges and squeezing them.
Men who have been playing “Tag” for 20 years now use each other’s parents’ funerals as viable playing grounds.
The sequester looks here to stay, and may possibly take several months to negotiate.
Study finds fewer people are “very concerned” about various environmental issues than at any point in the last 20 years.
Reported death of al-Qaeda leader Mohktar Belmohktar represents a major blow to terrorist operations in Mali.
No state has lost more soldiers in Afghanistan, per person, than Maine.
At least 2,453 people have been killed in America by guns since December’s massacre in Newtown, Conn.
In Newtown: “A man was reported recently to have been struck in the hand by a stray bullet from an exuberant backyard ‘shooting party.’”
Round-up of greatest handguns in science fiction and fantasy.
“Folk neuroscience” is part of how we talk about ourselves now, but much of what passes as knowledge is inaccurate.
Geneticists estimate publication date of The Iliad—762 B.C., give or take 50 years—using genome-tracking techniques.
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Romans wore keys as rings to show status, but soon your house key will be buried in your smartphone.
Artist close to completing five-year marathon to paint 1500 landscapes shown in travel guide.
Artist who spent three years painting the same oak tree over and over again, in all weather, day and night, explains how. #tmn
Exploring couple who spent nine months alone in the Antarctic say they never wanted to kill each other.
America has no sensible energy policy, and yet, due to the gas boom, we’re doing more to curb emissions than Europe. #opinions