Headlines from October 23, 2012

We have done almost nothing to prevent a repeat of Florida 2000. Five ways the election could drag on for months.
Most of the girls said they would like to be president one day, but the boys did not. #video
FDA investigates five deaths associated with consuming Monster energy drinks.
Italian scientists charged with manslaughter for failing to warn about upcoming earthquake.
How the “cuddle hormone” oxytocin would change the plot of The Walking Dead.
Found in chile peppers, the capsaicin molecule tricks our brains into feeling a heat stimulus. #food
Our senses [collaborate] to help us make sense of the world more easily. How sound and smell can harmonize.
Many old pianos were so poorly made that repairing them isn’t worth the time or money.
Mysterious underwater “human” voice turns out to belong to a whale.
Pew report finds under-30s still visit the library.
Every day, a new video and an explanation for why you should watch: Viewsource. #video
Iran, China, and Israel win contest of most-named foreign countries during last night’s debate.
Polls give Obama the win, though he’s unlikely to get a big debate bounce.
Round-up of debate’s fact-checks.
International poll finds half the world prefers Obama, 9% prefers Romney; only Pakistan wants Romney to win.
Romney selling “Clear Eyes, Full Hearts” bracelets despite protest from Friday Night Lights creator.
Riveting Jane Mayer story on the source of the voter-fraud myth. #longreads
Obama ridiculed McCain’s “Bomb, Bomb, Iran” song. What foreign policy issues were debated four years ago?
Extramarital-affair business prepared to be sued if French presidents take offense at being labeled poor adulterers.
Pussy Riot members to serve out jail sentences separately in some of Russia’s harshest prisons.
Lovely visual guide to 20th-century Italian hand and body gestures. via
Tate Gallery creates virtual exhibition chronicling modern art that’s been stolen, lost, or destroyed.
There’s not a hope in hell of predicting the nature of the next pandemic, but that doesn’t oblige us to be blind. #longreads
Pictures from prom at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. #photography
Photos from behind the scenes of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Indiana Jones denied tenure due in part to romantic links to “countless women of questionable character.”
The more an internet-dating site leads with the traditional signifiers of (male) sexual desire, the less likely women are to sign up for it. Emily Witt on online dating.
See also: Fairy tales for twenty-somethings.