Headlines from May 14, 2013

I’d been struggling with whether to do it for nearly two years, ever since I learned I carry the BRCA1 genetic mutation. #tmn
In light of Gov. Christie’s recent gastric bypass, recalling Taft’s weight-loss regimen. #health
Over a two-and-a-half-year period, device and drug companies shelled out over $76 million just to physicians licensed in Massachusetts.
Related: After the U.S. government banned medical studies of LSD, one elite researcher continued experimenting. #drugs
I can’t tell you enough about how good the beer is. TMN’s Alexander Chee returns from Leipzig. #tmn
In trustworthiness, arrogance, and compassion, Germans are associated with the best and worst European stereotypes. #chart
Steven Spielberg’s techniques and themes. #video
The one item that sends fear into the hearts of all dry cleaners: the sari.
Poachers aim for another record-setting year in slaughtering rhinos, whose horns are worth their weight in gold.
The more militant members of the NRA and most of its leaders may be un-American. #guns
The next meme? Getting dunked on. #video
Related: It’s more fun to be named Eddie, and other fact-ish items. #tmn
The future of education is online—it’s been a long walk to get here, with longer yet to go.
University researcher explains why he quit email a month ago: to save more time, live life more.
There has been one email per day since April 16th, 2012. The luck of the listserve.
Newt Gingrich puzzles over his “cell phone.” #video
As the Bering Sea makes its way further inland, residents of Newtok, Alaska, could become America’s first climate refugees.
Our best hope for the future is not to get people to think of all humanity as family—that’s impossible.
Over the last 18 years, Nature’s family has shrunk from five to one. Why did Jodon Romero kill himself on live TV? #longreads
Series of female mugshots from the 1960s. #photos
What it’s like for musicians who want to release new music—except their label won’t let them.
Liberace had taken me out of a situation with a father who was very abusive, a mother who was mentally ill. Scott Thorson tells his story.
In 1955, Dr. Joyce Brothers—who died yesterday at 85—won The $64,000 Question. #video
Obama administration angers journalists by seizing the AP’s confidential phone records.
Developers bulldoze 2,300-year-old Mayan pyramid—the largest offense of an endemic problem in Belize.
Voluptuousness, once the ideal of feminine beauty in Sudan, is rapidly losing its allure.
LinkedIn bans users from promoting prostitution and/or escort services, even in countries where it is legal.
Psychedelically painted cargo trucks add vibrancy to the bleak and rugged landscapes of Pakistan. #photos
It is really over and he should just let her go. Bob Powers explains why the subway isn’t moving.