Headlines from April 8, 2010

Internal emails show Toyota executives arguing whether to disclose acceleration problems five days before a recall.
Since Katrina, the population size of New Orleans has been up for speculation; this year's census may result in a political power shift.
Tories reject compulsory sex education that threatens "the freedom of parents."
British wine lovers call for massive uprising against bridge project that threatens vineyards.
Suggested name change for science's most famous fruit fly could wreak havoc for researchers.

It's "the science equivalent of a Supreme Court decision"--why it takes so long to add a new element to the periodic table.
The Periodic Table of Imaginary Elements.
Discovery reveals electron energy visible to the naked eye.
I am too stoned and cozy in my fuzzy blanket to get up and walk to the office. The most persuasive iPad review yet.
Why Apple lobbies for green taxes it intends to avoid: probably for signaling, rather than competition.
Another friend says that if he hears someone on his heels, he sprints. Elisha Cooper cannot control his competitive running instincts.
Account of how overconfidence, illusion of control cause people to make stupid decisions.
Tournament of Books judge Andrew W.K. reveals the song that earned him a juvenile restraining order.
A mix tape for English majors and other word nerds.
Arab art market ruled by women from behind the scenes.
Long-read: Krugman tallies the costs of green action, inaction, and "the nonnegligible probability of utter disaster."
One in 10 underground U.S. mines meet federal communication requirements.
Timeline after Virginia governor omits slavery from Confederate History Month.
Video: Painter discusses whiteness.
Lesson from the downturn: Emerging economies no longer need sneeze when America catches a cold.
Op: Obama's fear: When Netanyahu, Assad, and Ahmadinejad discuss war, they're telling the truth.
Over-the-counter paternity tests don't create problems within families; the problems are there already.
James Sturm quits the internet, begins an online/offline diary in pictures.
Op: Vegetarians of the world, quit accepting the grilled vegetable plate!
How genes travel from an ocean seaweed-eater to Japanese guts--and help them eat sushi.
All readers have secret histories connected to the books they love. Philip Graham opens a book every day.
Video: Single sentences animated.
"Twenty Questions" is fun, but "Negative Twenty Questions" is better, and more like the quantum world.