Headlines from January 26, 2011

As the official kilogram loses weight, scientists search for new standards.
Europe cringes as governments sell iconic properties, including the Hotel de la Marine and the Sherwood Forest.
Dairy industry stalls F.D.A.'s plan to test for new antibiotics in milk.
Lepidopterists confirm butterfly expert Nabokov's theory on Polyommatus blues evolution.
Dennis Chamberland has dedicated his life to creating the second Atlantis and building a coalition of underwater colonists.
Indigenous Canadians are fighting diabetes with traditional medicine, and their success has scientists paying attention.
Collection of illustrated religious manuals.
Artists turn The Diary of Anne Frank into a graphic novel.
The movies that fail here are blowing up box offices overseas, and we have 3D to thank.
Op: Once a breakthrough, today's method actors mimic archetypes instead of mimicking life.
Write in your vote--and tell us why--by Friday: ______________ for President.
J.F.K., age 10, writes a formal plea to his father for a raise in allowance.
The YouTube Time Machine: Choose a year, kiss your morning goodbye.
Tim Pawlenty releases Armageddon-style presidential campaign video.
Kinsley: The only thing supporters of Obama's health care plan have going for them is the truth.
Reminder: TMN would like to know who you think should run for President.
Egypt to no longer tolerate public gatherings.
Videos of Egypt protests, rising from long-planned protests against "police day."
Snubbed journalist says Davos is meaningless unless journalists attend to accord status.
If you have a life, Lockheed Martin is likely a part of it.
Only 1-2% of American students score as advanced--above proficient--on national science test.
How to game Google Scholar: make nonsense appear academic.
Google acquiring more oversized lawn ornaments for new home in Venice Beach.
William Eggleston to get his own museum in Memphis.
Record executives panic: digital music may be "as big as it is going to get," except in South Korea.
Knew it: Sleeping in bed with dog exposes pet owners to nasty diseases.
Once upon a time, on an island named Flores, tiny humans ran from giant, bloodthirsty storks.
A stripe painter may not wear stripes. "How Artists Must Dress."
Interview with Melville House's new art director, Christopher King, producer of lovely book covers.
I'm doing what I truly love, but the audience is way smaller. David Lynch says he's just like George Lucas.