* [The end of net neutrality] threatens to make the internet...unequal in a way that deeply threatens our long-term prosperity. * Genetic analysis of blood and tissue from a 115-year-old woman indicates our cells' finite ability to divide might limit our life span. * Pastor running in South
* Today the FCC ends the era of net neutrality, and will allow broadband suppliers to give preference to deep-pocketed companies. * Toxic West Virginia water will be pumped under Ohio, which may result in earthquakes. * Ineffective on climate change thus far, Obama has retooled his cabinet and restrategized new ways
* Rwanda's president gets a free pass on human rights abuses because of Western guilt over genocide. * The case for firing nearly the entire New York Times columnist pool: sloppy and tired to the point of making Gail Collins look good. * Divorce rate for piping plovers is 67%; flamingos
* FDA approval of the first powdered alcohol, Palcohol, might have been made in error. * Putin signed recently two bills: one making it harder for non-Russian speakers to gain citizenship and the other expediting the process for Russian speakers. * LeBron James, the NFL, quarterbacks, and the Yankees: the most popular
* Columbine, 15 years later. * Three of the 10 US metro areas where residents feel the least safe have violent crime rates below the national rate. * Almost 100 people were killed in the last five years by members of the white supremacist forum Stormfront. * UK's soaring melanoma rates linked
* Planet Kepler 186f, made of iron, rock, ice, and liquid water, is "potentially the most Earth-like planet we’ve yet found." * Of the 2,028 days in Beijing between April 2008 and March 2014, only 25 had air considered “good” by US standards. * Turkey's Ottoman
* Ukrainian citizens on the ground, as of last month, found to be divided, cynical, and angry. * Primer on what's happening where in Ukraine. * Thousands of zoo animals starving in Ukraine, though it's barely a worsening of their situation, long affected by corruption. * Pakistan Taliban ends its
* The UN/African Union mission purposefully misled the public about the worsening situation in Darfur. * Prominent female Republican argues increasing men's job prospects is the best way to ensure women's economic—and marital—happiness. * The landscape of hate groups and hate crimes in the US. * India
* Tension high in Ukraine as authorities announce an "anti-terrorist operation" against pro-Russian separatists. * If you live in Russia and you think Crimea now belongs to the motherland, this map tells you that you're right. * California contract killer "Mano Negra" busted after a
* According to the UN's climate change report, for Earth to remain habitable we must cut carbon emissions to "near zero" by 2100. * The global economic crisis of 2007 and 2008 temporarily reduced emissions but didn't change the trend, the report says. * UN suggests fracking
