Headlines from October 22, 2013

The face of aid in Africa is Angelina Jolie and doctors in lab coats, but it should be the minimally trained community health workers.
Malcom Gladwell had his prefrontal cortex disabled to research ADD.
Brunei to implement amputation for theft, stoning for adultery; criticism of policies is virtually nonexistent.
In India, a woman is raped every 20 minutes; an interactive, crowdsourced map tells you what areas to avoid.
Every dollar spent on tourism is a dollar not spent on centrifuges or Mercedes. North Korean ski tourism is good.
Pyongyang intends to make a “Harlem Shake” video; it will be the first “Harlem Shake” video. #tmn
The medium itself is inauthentic. Lorde and the politics (and problems) of highly successful teenagers.
Five things you didn’t know about Margaret Thatcher, including her liking for a nocturnal walk over post-dinner party games.
Rare 19th-century photos of baseball players—“players didn’t go to the gym.”
See also: The very first photograph ever taken. #photography
State-by-state breakdown of “the American mood” in a map that took 13 years to build.
See also: Map shows six decades of the most popular names for girls in all 50 states.
Newly launched romance app Carrot Dating is based on bribery—but is it that different from regular dating?
Related: Flowchart explains whether or not you can date that cute relative of yours. #tmn
Arizona company offers balloon-suspended gondola ride high enough into the atmosphere to see dark space and Earth’s curvature.
Experian, one of the three major credit bureaus, sold Social Security and drivers license numbers to an identity-theft service.
Scientists find a way to “eavesdrop” on neural activity by implanting electrode chips directly into patients’ brains.
It’s an ephemeral amnesiac data flow. Poetry, no longer mainstream, manifest in the meme.
When President Obama says that the deficit has been cut in half, he is substantially understating what has happened.
U.S. jobs report shows a smaller rise in employment than is expected for this stage of economic recovery.
Mexico condemns U.S. spying after Snowden data showed the NSA read President Calderon’s email.
Related: France demands to know why the U.S. captured 70 million French telephone records and texts.
We know feeding antibiotics to livestock hurts humans, yet Congress continues to kill legislation banning it.
Hacking the JFK AirTrain means the difference between sprinting to your gate and stopping at the lounge. #travel
A visit to Sochi, where hard-working Soviets went to convalesce, now the site of the 2014 Winter Games.
As late as Sept. 26, there had been no tests to determine whether a consumer could complete the process.
Artist paints herself in the costumes of everyday life—snack bearer, stuffed animal transporter, soccer mom. #tmn
[We] stuffed the fur with hamburger meat. Freakonomics puts pet crematories to the test. #audio
Paleontologists excited over baby dinosaur find—young specimens’ bones have more cartilage and rarely preserve well.
Long considered a lackluster beer city, Berlin is now awash in craft brews. #drinking
See also: Ratebeer’s top 50 beers.
I really did grow to love the fragrance. Dahlia Lithwick wears Axe for a week.
A documentary of the many theories behind why sneakers end up hanging on telephone lines. #video
David Sedaris: “Lisa wanted to know if she could bring her dogs, and Amy asked what the house was named.”