February 26, 2013: Afternoon
- Dozens of prominent Republicans...have signed a legal brief arguing that gay people have a constitutional right to marry.
- What really happened to William Sparkman Jr., the census worker whose body was found hanged in a Kentucky cemetery in 2009.
- With a local economy that continues to spiral downward, a state takeover of Detroit looks more likely.
- News headlines that seem like it should be from The Onion but aren't.
- Ten foods that (thankfully) flopped.
- The New England Journal of Medicine no longer recommends low-fat diets for those at risk for cardiovascular disease.
- Related: Leah Finnegan chronicles the diets of others.
- Scientists accidentally discover a super-efficient, biodegradable battery.
- Discovered: An underwater prehistoric continent named Mauritia.
- Ben Schott explains how a movie billing block—all those names at the bottom of a poster—is constructed.
- "The Stand-In" by TMN's Jessica Francis Kane in the story of the week at Narrative magazine.
- This week in the TMN Galleries: caves as tourist attractions.