February 20, 2014
By The Morning News
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- North Korea threatens to cancel, then permits reunions between its citizens and South Korean relatives.
- U.S. Dept. of the Interior is spoon-feeding bad information to reporters—we now know 50,000+ wild horses live in atrocious conditions.
- Whether to go "-gate" or "-ghazi": Toward a unified theory of scandal-naming.
- Lovely photos of U.S. intelligence agency headquarters.
- The first smart gun in the U.S. is here, and it could transform the industry by appealing to owners' safety concerns.
- Texas campaign ads play up Texas stereotypes and the ominous threat of liberalism.
- Remnants of the Spanish Inquisition survive in the American Southwest.
- Uranium pollution in a New Mexico reservation may force the Navajo who've settled there for generations to leave.
- Texting significantly distorted their gait and walking form, whether they intended to contort themselves or not.
- New research finds link between homophobia and early cardiovascular-related death.
- Visual data analysis of selfies from Bangkok, Berlin, Moscow, New York, and São Paulo.
- The oldest infographic dates back to 1617; figures like Edmund Halley and Florence Nightingale used them as explainers.
- The cause behind the mass honeybee deaths could be the Deformed Wing Virus—it's also killing bumblebees.
- When watching a lot of Netflix becomes binge-watching: four episodes, if it's a drama; half-hour shows don't count.
- How the Beatles went viral in America: artistic merit, social and technological change, hard work, and luck.
- David Bowie's isolated vocal track from "Ziggy Stardust" is, of course, stunning.
- Recalling the New York City bike messenger with one leg.
