March 5, 2014

• French scientists revive a huge—but harmless—virus after 30,000 years in the Siberian permafrost.
• Related: The ancient virus sets the record for the longest a virus has remained alive.
• World's oldest woman, 116, shares her secret to longevity: "Eat a good meal and relax."
• Artist pioneers a method of growing fabric from bacteria and plant matter.
• The U.S. is not blameless in the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
• Scientists find comedians—the good ones, at least—share many traits with bipolar or other mentally ill people.
• The latest in French smoking: Cigarette sales fall, rumors swirl of price hikes, and the rise of rolling tobacco slows.
• Vintage photographs of Mardi Gras from circa 1950.
• The end of Helvetica's reign.
• When the dust settles from the Oscar slugfest, an opportunity opens for ruminations on work and sacrifice.
• God bless Larry King for wearing a bathrobe to his interview in the middle of the afternoon and talking about his sex drive.
• The Mormon Church’s new Philadelphia branch is an urban planning ideal—and an eyesore of mismatched styles.
• North Korean defectors find troubles follow them south of the border.
• How to spot a former Pizza Hut in the wild—and proof the chain's new locations will be invisible to future generations.
• The march of gentrification...is pushing into the greatest concentration of human misery to be found in all the United States.
• Corn kernels liquify before exploding into popcorn.
• At Japan's Kanazawa College of Art graduation, students replace formalwear with cosplay.
• For the second time in 2014, Niagara Falls freezes.