Headlines from March 11, 2013

Inspired by Senator Paul’s recent performance, an explanation of how filibusters work.
Wrigley introduces new caffeinated “chewable pellet” based on product it developed for the military.
CT scans of 137 mummies find atherosclerosis—“long before the arrival of junk food and flat-screen televisions.”
Paintings of women from the African diaspora crowned with elaborate headpieces. #tmn
Evangelical homeschoolers say they want more mainstream science—i.e., evolution—in their children’s textbooks.
Mice are ideal mine detectors—cheap to manage and house, and easy to breed to sniff out TNT.
The internet’s benefit to you, the consumer, is approximately $2,600 per year.
Sweden’s Princess Lilian, who lived with her lover Prince Bertil for 30 years before they were married, dies at 97.
Today in the Tournament of Books, a choice between stories written and stories built. #tob13
Picture book tries to explain how the flame in your fireplace came from the sun.
See also: Animated GIFs show humans made from the dust of exploded stars. #tmn
Writer struggles to work when internet access is available at a remote arts colony—and writes an article about it!
See also: TMN’s Alexander Chee on everything you need to know about the happenings of secretive arts colonies.
The business of other people hearing your side of the story will not bring you any happiness. Reporter explains why should never talk to a newspaper reporter.
Friday job numbers show spike in hiring, but economists warn the sequestration may wipe away that growth.
Thanks to the sequester, more cocaine will be showing up on our streets.
Physicist falls in love with bikini model he met online; model asks him to bring her a suitcase; physicist goes to jail for smuggling drugs.
Hamas on the defensive, especially after Egypt shuts down its smuggling tunnels, flooding them with sewage.
De facto homosexuality in India, vis-à-vis Mumbai’s female-impersonating dancers.
Birth towns of Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler divided on how to deal with the dictators’ legacies.
I feel like I’m on the front line of a war. David Remnick on the Bolshoi Ballet’s acid attack.
Germans, Britons, Czechs believe most people can succeed if they work hard; French, Italians, Greeks disagree.
Brief profile of a man who does quite well selling property on the moon, Mars, and Venus. #video
Inside-baseball notes from Robert Iger’s deal that obtained Lucasfilm for Disney.
Brian Sanders’ paintings and drawings made on the set of 2001: A Space Odyssey.
If the new Adidas college-basketball uniforms are too loud and crazy for you, then you’re too old. #opinions
Scientists say “sprint training” for 60 minutes a week burns the same amount of body fat as jogging for seven hours.
Lovely This American Life segment on the stories that husbands and wives must endure hearing told repeatedly. #audio
Wife makes room for her husband’s passion for Alger Hiss and American history’s most infamous typewriter. #tmn