Headlines from November 18, 2014

Since the disappearance of 43 students in Mexico on Sept. 26, police have found many mass graves—but not the right one.
Obama didn’t surrender his mantle of bipartisanship. The GOP took it away from him. Tackling Obamacare’s false narratives.
The US government will profit $5 billion from renewable energy loans, which include failures (Solyndra) and successes (Tesla).
India has little recourse but to fuel development with coal reserves—the world may have no choice but try to stop it.
California’s entire almond crop commands a stunning 1.1 trillion gallons of water every single year.
Asian-American applicants allege discrimination in suits against Harvard, UNC.
In a Texas field, dozens of human corpses are exposed to the elements, including vultures, for science.
A virus is the likely cause of death for millions of starfish over the past year—smaller outbreaks have occurred before.
Scientists replicate a worm’s brain and install it in a Lego robot.
Identity, both shared and individual, is on everyone’s mind. One weekend a year, thousands of twins and multiples descend upon Twinsburg, Ohio.
Emoji are a secret code language made up of symbols that everyone already intuitively understands.
At a time when more people play games than go to movies, e-sports are gaining visibility, legitimacy, and profitability.
The truth is that we are surrounded by digital ghosts, easily conjured. On ancient email accounts.
Google Glass could be shelved—more likely, it will shift from consumer to commercial markets.
See also: Google Cardboard turns your phone into a VR headset.
Quick read: Machines you can fix by smacking them include mechanical devices, some electronics, and hearts.
Hearing it now, it’s positively chilling. Bill Cosby’s 1969 standup routine about Spanish Fly.