Headlines from November 25, 2013

Last year there were 223 cases of polio; to reach zero, we need to spend billions and fight the Taliban.
Health authorities struggle to convince America that there’s a post-antibiotics crisis coming soon.
See also: the “happy-hour virus,” for when your computer needs to be temporarily infected so you can go out for a drink.
List of 10 “secret speakeasies” around America currently pouring drinks.
Hunt for the origins of Maine’s champagne, coffee-flavored brandy, the state’s top-selling spirit for more than two decades. #tmn
Fifteen-year-old robs a party and hurts no one, and receives a mandatory 118 years in prison, without parole, plus six life sentences.
For Harper’s subscribers only, unfortunately: “Jump Juan Crow,” by Duncan Murrell.
Your Monday headline of the day: “Parasite Eats a Fish’s Tongue—And Takes Its Place.”
America’s health-care challenge could turn out to be more manageable than anybody thought a few years ago.
Annotated analysis of a 1945 escape from the first modern prison, Eastern State Penitentiary. via
Father and son spend two years painting a pastels-on-glass adaptation of The Old Man and the Sea. #video
Yes, that is indeed tasteless. Sometimes a father’s emails can seem like poetry. #tmn
Statistician can make good firefighters if they realize that “quenching fire is followed by the disappearance of smoke, and not vice versa.”
In the tournament Mr. Carlsen won to qualify for the world championship match, he played more like a computer than any of his opponents.
Spike Lee talks about his signature double-dolly shot, where the actor and camera are inextricably connected.
Portraits of passengers viewed through plane windows presents “a miniature study of airplane psychology.” #photography
Possible nor’easter predicted to ruin Thanksgiving travel plans on the East Coast this Wednesday.
In the next 50 years the island of Kiribati will sink into the Pacific; its government needs to relocate 103,000 citizens. #longreads
Six-month deal reached to keep the Iranian nuclear program in check, but now “the difficult part starts.”
Nuclear deal not helped by Iran’s ruling cleric, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, calling Israel’s leaders “wild animals; you cannot even call them human.”
Scientists begin to take “lucid dreams” seriously, where dreamers claim to be able to use their daytime cognitive faculties.
Tens of thousands of protestors storm Kiev after Ukraine pulls out of EU deal in favor of closer ties with Russia.
Portuguese designer creates device that could employ honeybees to detect early stages of cancer on patients’ breath.
The latest in olfactory innovation: the fried chicken-scented candle.
Prosthetics to replace amputated hands quickly tumble into the uncanny valley.
NFL quarterbacks only play with highly guarded, specially broken-in footballs.
“Thinking outside the box” traces back to a 1945 experiment involving a box, candle, matches, and thumb tacks.
Design, charts, and a whole lot of Hitchcock from the winners of the 2013 Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards.
Related: Lessons learned from the best and worst posters for movies released this year. via
Linguistic analysis of a Chinese menu that features “problematic (or disastrous)” English translations.
Dilbert’s Scott Adams: “For all practical purposes, the government is torturing my father until he dies.”
Study finds your odds of being murdered are closely linked to people in your social network.