March 24, 2014
- Egypt court sentences 529 Morsi supporters to death; 700 more to go on trial tomorrow.
- Numbers guru Nate Silver predicts Republicans will take control of the Senate in fall elections.
- Ebola outbreak in Guinea doesn't deserve panic: the virus kills people too fast for them to pass it on to others.
- When it comes to Ukraine, the West is playing Monopoly, Putin is playing chess.
- UK Minister warns the internet is corrupting youth by portraying sexual exploitation as the norm.
- London college sponsors girls-only class for aspiring conductors after sexist comments spark anger.
- Related: Journalist conducts professional symphony orchestra after practicing with his iPod.
- India's professional letter-writers have been popular since the 1500s, but now there’s only one remaining in Delhi.
- Angry, unsent letters have been replaced by irate tweets, but brevity and publicness minimize the pastime's catharsis.
- Defining the cultural epidemic of "the overwhelm," where people brag about busyness.
- Scientists sign declaration stating "non-human animals" possess consciousness, even if some lack a cortex.
- Judge says magic tricks can't be copyrighted, but pantomimes can—and thus awards Teller a win over a Belgian illusionist.
- The blending of vanilla.
- Nearly one in 2,058 American-born baby boomers were deemed notable enough to warrant a Wikipedia entry—mostly thanks to college towns.
- Keith Gessen on the closing of a door to Russia that opened 25 years ago.
- See also: The rise of Real Madrid.
- Australian tennis pro Tomic loses match in 28 minutes—shortest recorded match in ATP history.