Headlines from February 27, 2014

January storms leave 21,341 sea birds dead off the coast of France, the country’s worst bird “slaughter” since 1900.
Surge in U.S. teenagers with head lice blamed on group selfies.
Selfies from five cities compared for regional differences—gender, expressions, ages, even head tilt.
Photographer lets girls choose their own poses, under two conditions: no smiling and no selfie-inspired mouth expressions.
See also: Touching portraits of a boy who was born without eyes. #tmn
Downfall of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department—scandal, brutality, and manhandling the Austrian consul general.
Interactive guide to America’s housing market, which is looking “frothy” again.
Giddy revolutions in Venezuela and Ukraine lead to disappoint and disillusionment—which must stop or lead to ruin.
NASA announces 719 new planets “validated” by the Kepler Telescope team.
FDA organizes panel to discuss the ethics of “designer babies”—babies from multiple parents, with traits scientists can engineer in vitro.
New fashion trend “normcore” requires rumpled fleece, khakis, and New Balance sneakers.
Not unlike Creationism, Whole Foods operates on its own level of zealous pseudoscience. #opinions
Countries’ social inequality viewed through winners of soccer championships.
Job candidates in their 40s and 50s find employers still requesting their SAT scores.
From the archives: Cameron Crowe’s account of riding with the Allman Brothers at 16, later to inspire Almost Famous.
Complete oral history of Ghostbusters, initially conceived by Aykroyd as intergalactic noir.
Artist builds mock metropolis from 500,000 sugar cubes—equivalent in weight to 1,148 swords, 68 suits of plate armor, and all of Henry VIII’s wives combined.