July 8, 2014

• To celebrate its 125th anniversary, the Wall Street Journal shows how today's team would cover events of 1889.
• See also: History of the paper's design.
• BBC Trust orders its producers to stop adding "false balance" when reporting on climate change.
• London's Oxford Street said to be the most polluted place in the world, due to a "wall" of double-decker buses.
• Scientists in South Carolina find fossils of the world's largest bird, with a wingspan of 24 feet.
• Selfies are ruining the Tour de France.
• Study finds that thinking the right way about the way you think may help you think better
• Classic American paintings adjusted to include imagery of sports mania.
• Fascinating account of people and scientists improving their thinking—sometimes, in limited cases—by juicing their brains with a 9-volt battery.
• Batteries aren't getting worse; our devices are getting more demanding.
• Per new TSA requirements, some passengers flying to the US may need to prove their phones actually work.
• Facebook and Instagram go where New York City won't: banning the bare female nipple.
• The first time I noticed my father staring at my chest, I was a ​14-year-old girl. The second time I noticed my father staring at my chest, I was a grown man.
• Vanilla is literally the old black, and chocolate used to mean brown-tinted red.
• Potato-salad Kickstarter campaign with a funding goal of $10 surpasses $8,500 in five days.
• Lions, tigers, and bears: Japanese zoo animals distress designer jeans.