Headlines from August 6, 2013

In deeply red states like Missouri, looking for the new health insurance marketplaces “is like searching for a unicorn.”
Beer’s lead over wine in America has slipped by 20 percentage points since the early 1990s.
Ecologists using Hawaiian restaurant menus reconstruct long-term changes in local marine populations.
Five reasons why classic Caribbean dishes are more likely to contain meat than fish.
Media storm apparently brewing around brutal working conditions in Amazon.com’s warehouses.
Six in 10 Britons are currently not speaking to two neighbors.
Swimming robot being tested in the Chilean Andes to someday swim on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.
Study finds that rich people’s bodies contain unique chemical pollutants possibly linked to fish consumption.
“Fin-tech” firms—attempting to change the ways people save, pay for things, and send money.
Terrific piece by John Lanchester on the banks’ recent crazy-making, and why he’s content to hand his money over to Apple. #longreads
By the middle of the nineteenth century, there is no doubt about the existence of art forgery as a significant phenomenon.
Soccer match at World Police and Fire Games cancelled for “continued inappropriate behavior.”
Almost all baseball players suspended for steroids are from the Dominican Republic, and it’s not a coincidence.
Cheat sheet to performance-enhancing drugs.
Epidemic of steroid abuse found among Western playwrights, casting doubt on the legitimacy of box-office records. #tmn
After al Qaeda threat leads to dozens of U.S. embassies being closed, officials explain fears of liquid bombs and “Frankenbombers.”
New research finds deep cooperation between Hollywood studio bosses and Nazi officials.
I feel alienated by [Don Lemon’s] comments because they translate into a form of media violence that black men know all too well.
Heard enough? Time to see! Travel company offers protest tourism in Cairo.
In The Newsroom, Africa is “a huge, complicated continent to be portrayed as stereotypically as possible.”
Jeff Bezos acquiring the Washington Post is just the start of tech companies acquiring content companies for cheap. #opinions
“Amazon Founder Says He Clicked on Washington Post by Mistake.”
People play the lottery because it’s a game “where reason and logic are rendered obsolete, and hope and dreams are on sale.”
From 1903, a picture manual on how to combat acne and wrinkles with face-contortion exercises.
Men photographed in the poses and settings they find most masculine. #tmn #photography
“Neuromorphic” engineers try to design computers that have some—preferably all—of three characteristics that brains have and computers do not.
Web comic author explains his 3,099-panel story set 11,000 years in the future.
Japanese super toilets can be hacked, meaning someone else can control your deodorizing capabilities, automatic seat, and two nozzle bidet spray.
New research suggests Galileo’s optics knowledge was far more advanced than he let on.
The phrase is alluring, stirring, and evocative. It is also, strictly speaking, incomprehensible. Logistics behind Homer’s “wine-dark sea.”