Headlines from May 31, 2011

Scientists spot areas of groundwater depletion around the world, steer findings away from policy-making and conflict-generating.
Pentagon says cyber attacks qualify as acts of war--though military retaliation must remain equivalent.
The global supply chain may be surviving without Japan, but experts warn that China can't last without it.
Germany considers the Fukushima disaster, plans to close all 17 of its nuclear reactors by 2022.
NASA's new ultra-sustainable Silicon Valley office will produce more electricity than it consumes.
Researchers working to harness the excess electricity released by certain bacteria.
"It's like living in a wind tunnel. You can see how the pioneer women went crazy out here." Post-timber, rural Oregon profits from wind.
Two amateur arborists identify and map most of Central Park's 23,000 trees.
Marathoners chase safari animals to see if it's possible for humans to outrun them.
Restricted from speaking to anyone, tennis players bare their souls during changeover breaks.
One theme runs across art from all cultures: revenge.
Literally Unbelievable: When Facebook misinterprets stories from the The Onion.
Graduate and attend a small, Northeastern liberal arts college on a football scholarship. Mike Sacks and Teddy Wayne's senior pranks.
From 1993, the first satirical linguistics paper: James D. McCawley's "English Sentences Without Overt Grammatical Subjects."
Homeland security ends post-9/11 registration of Arabs and Muslims; citizens still caught in the system.
Once an Australian term for stolen goods, "swag" is having a moment as hip-hop's darling.
Sachs crows for Nigeria's "historic opportunity"; how about a better, nuanced view that dares mention corruption.
Young men in Benghazi, trapped in "aimless space between revolt and liberation," stick to drifting--their cars.
Profile of Berlusconi, Italy's embarrassment, and his career of baby lies.
He is a very big target. He looks like a walking sheet of plywood. Difficulties of a 7-foot-tall war photographer.
Stephen Fry, himself a little monster, interviews Lady Gaga.
The weirdness of England: pictures from the Daily Mail.
Interview with stringer to the stars of tennis, each paying $40,000/year for on-site custom racquets.
First Indy 500 traced accident by messy accident.
Franzen riffs on life's "like" button for commencement address.
True: Terrence Malick's favorite movie is Zoolander.
Stories from filming Badlands with Malick; soundtrack to Tree of Life.