Naming names.

A new White House proposal would prevent Planned Parenthood and other organizations from receiving federal money while providing abortions, even if those services use private funding. 1/18

After one death and more than 170 known incidents of illness, the CDC says romaine lettuce is now safe to eat. 2/18

A year into Mueller's investigation, comparing indictments and pleas to prior special probes, including Watergate. 3/18

American birth rates fall for the second straight year, with the fewest newborns since 1987—making it increasingly apparent the US needs immigrants to strengthen its population numbers. 4/18

Since 2011, names ending in "n" have dominated the US baby-naming game—at more than 30% of all newborns. 5/18

When they aren’t busy being profiled by the New York Times, rural Americans are having babies and naming them after rural things: Ridge, Fence, Tractor, Barn, Hay, Mud, Sorghum. A critical review of the fastest-growing baby names in the US. 6/18

The Russia probe was called "Crossfire Hurricane," which is cool—though how officials choose names for operations is often quite random. 7/18

See also: How things are named—from bands to teenage crowds to cocktails. 8/18

To be successful in America, have successful parents, who often find each other through "assortative mating." 9/18

Everyone believes agriculture and urbanization caused inequality. Archaeological evidence disagrees. 10/18

How do revolutions happen? How does an idea spread from one mind until it takes over an entire society? This is the only book I can think of where you can see that process at work. Jarvis Cocker on how Tom Wolfe’s The Electric Kool‑Aid Acid Test changed him—and the world. 11/18

Self-portraits by Juno Calypso imagine post-apocalyptic life in an actual luxury 1960s bomb shelter. 12/18

From Czechoslovakia to the South Side of Chicago: How the Solo cup took over America. 13/18

A web exploit has been revealing real-time mobile locations of AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon users in the US. 14/18

French gastronomes sign an open letter condemning a designation of prestige that will adorn pasteurized Camembert. 15/18

Before kombucha hit Whole Foods, "mushroom tea" was a Soviet family's alternative to still-banned Pepsi. 16/18

Dizzying artworks by Jonny Niesche melt the limits of iridescence and reflection. 17/18

An 881,470-brick LEGO cherry blossom tree makes its debut at LEGOLAND Japan. 18/18

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