Headlines from November 13, 2012

U.S. to overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s leading oil producer by about 2017.
If you grew up in Britain, the BBC is part of your cultural identity. Overview of what’s happening at the BBC.
Newspaper reactions from 1909 when the English Channel was crossed in an aircraft for the very first time.
Berlusconi’s latest showgirl gunning for high office compared to Eva “Evita” Perón.
U.S. to say in several weeks how many troops will stay in Afghanistan after the drawdown of most combat forces at the end of 2014.
Giving good directions is similar to teaching—hard as hell.
Online education is better than traditional teaching in a similar way to why movies trump plays. #opinions
New theory may explain physics’ notorious cold fusion experiment with existing science.
How a thermal illusion gave mint the monopoly on breath fresheners.
Paintings of magnified paint. #art #tmn
Like! No nuclear. Salted Koji. Top 50 Japanese buzzwords of 2012.
See also: Blog devoted to critiquing Japanese snack foods.
In case you missed it, Sam Anderson’s ode to the Oklahoma City Thunder’s likeability. #longreads
New YouTube series for informative time-killing: “Inventors.” #video
Museum opened in Lagos to remember Fela Kuti’s years of resistance.
If you’re a bit smart and a lot determined, you can make the changes you want happen. Dad hacks daughter’s Zelda to reverse player gender.
Only small children have accepted this new life in the Rockaways. Two weeks after Sandy, pockets of misery.
For those displaced by war, refugee camps are a recurring way of life—and worry for the young is constant.
What could save us from the fiscal cliff: Mitt Romney’s plan to limit overall tax deductions.
It was nonstop. It was as much as you could possibly produce. Q&A with Al Rotches, creator of banner ads for both Obama campaigns.
Where two key components of Obamacare—insurance exchanges and Medicaid expansion—now stand in the U.S. #maps
On the Petraeus affair, a look at whether the New York Times‘s Ethicist was unethical.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering doctors drive down the price of a costly cancer drug by refusing to approve its use for patients. #health
One hundred years later, the last of the artifacts taken from Machu Picchu by the U.S have been returned.
A dispatch from the Twilight Tent City awaiting the final movie’s premiere. #photos
If you don’t know how to boil water, this is what you gotta eat. David Chang demonstrates his favorite after-school snack: raw ramen with dry flavor powder. #video
Anthony Bourdain didn’t start the un-foodie movement, but he’s become its voice. #food
Officials scour public hunting grounds for illegal deer blinds, which are becoming ever more elaborate. #hunting
How we saved the post office. #art