February 18, 2014
- UN investigators release 372-page report accusing North Korea of crimes evoking Nazi-era atrocities.
- Infrastructures—access to firearms, prescription drugs—may overshadow mental illness in climbing suicide rates.
- Neknomination, disastrous online drinking game in which a person takes shots and challenges others, is sweeping the globe.
- Why the U.S. should strengthen North American economic ties.
- Winter Olympics temperatures have steadily risen since 1994; Sochi's slush is comparable to fur or mashed potatoes.
- The 900-foot Chelyabinsk meteor flew over Russia one year ago today.
- India's Mars mission cost $25 million less than the filming of Gravity.
- Renowned French food critic lambastes Michelin.
- Menu modeled after every track on Radiohead's Kid A is a step too far—food is now a tacky dinner theater.
- See also: The gastronomic proclivities of every U.S. president.
- In a Weiwei-inspired protest, Florida artist smashes $1 million Han dynasty pot painted over by Ai Weiwei.
- Prince William attempts to destroy Buckingham Palace's ivory heirlooms to combat illegal elephant poaching.
- Dynamic splashes of powder against black backgrounds.
- How homosexuality survived within Darwin's theory of natural selection.
- Outrageous outfits used to be tax-deductible in Sweden—it was the primary motivator of Abba's iconic sartorial choices.
- Related: Lessons in breaking through fashion anxiety to find yourself—in a pair of Comme des Garçons drop-crotch pants.