Headlines from March 14, 2013
- One in seven mothers suffers from postpartum depression, but many feel too guilty to admit it.
- Germany to allow women going through unwanted pregnancies to give birth in a hospital under a false name.
- The twist-tie v. plastic clip battle is over a $10.6 million market.
- Global survey of countries who tax fat, sugar, and some energy drink ingredients.
- Twinkies will return to shelves by summer, thanks to same firm that owns Pabst Blue Ribbon.
- History of the steamship suggests the car’s replacement probably exists—we just don’t recognize it yet.
- If fracked gas merely displaces efforts to develop cleaner, non-carbon, energy sources without decreasing reliance on coal, the doom and gloom of more rapid global climate change will be realized.
- See also: Dangers of fracking.
- New archeological discovery of “Byzantine Pompeii” under Thessaloniki, Greece conflicts with plans to build subway system.
- Aspiring comic meets Andy Kaufman’s sister at an Andy Kaufman exhibit, and it all becomes very Kaufman-esque. #tmn
- Brazilian doctor faces fraud charges after being caught using silicone fingers to fool biometric employee attendance device.
- “Nerdfighter” (as a compound word) identifies one as a follower of John Green, on a mission to “increase awesome and decrease suck.”
- The opening round—which John Green survived—continues in the Tournament of Books. #tob13
- Please note glazed panel in the absence of manifestations. One of our favorites: Language Log’s archive of things labeled “WTF.”
- Interior designer creates highly detailed floor plans from popular television shows.
- Vintage menus from Explorers Club dinners include “improperly prepared tarantula tempura.”
- How cardinals discern divine will: more and more strategically over the course of the papal conclave.
- Sweden’s krona is the best performing currency over the past 12 months; Japan’s yen is the worst.
- The venomous swish of the skirt. Close reading of North Korea’s sexist insults of female American secretaries of state.
- “Vladimir Putin teams up with Steven Seagal to promote healthy lifestyle.”
- Japanese students taught almost nothing about World War II, and sometimes nothing at all.
- Body-parts supply company wants to introduce new products and expand into untapped markets like the Middle East.
- If natural gas displaces coal, then fracking is good not only for the economy but also for the global environment.
- Dunkin’ Donuts sets goal of using only 100 percent sustainable palm oil in making its donuts.
- Carmakers getting “better and better” at manipulating emissions tests.
- Eustace Conway, the last American frontiersman (according to Elizabeth Gilbert), now faces building-code violations.
- Study confirms overheard cell-phone conversation is much more irritating than normal overheard conversation.
- Those who spit on good manners should take their smart-phones and shove them, please. #opinions
- I’d found my Cheers, and I never wanted to leave. George Gurley on his long love affair with the New York Observer.
- Harry Dean Stanton, who finally gets his own documentary, can’t remember how many movies he’s done.
- From 2002, reporter visits the Famous Poets Society’s annual convention in Reno. #longreads
- Today in the Tournament of Books, Pulitzer-winner Tony Horwitz judges Mediterranean romances. #tob13