May 5, 2015

• Vengeful Jalisco cartel shoots down a Mexican military helicopter, accedes to power vacuum created by feds targeting top cartels.
• "The swiftness with which the movement now acts has turned every police killing into a national referendum on the value of black lives."
• Some US police departments look to change the rules and training for when officers should use force.
• "Too many judges have been too quiet about...the mass incarceration of people in the United States today."
• The too-short life of Jericho Scott, the youth baseball player at the center of a brief media circus, who was killed last week.
• Israeli soldiers claim loose rules of engagement during the 2014 Gaza war led to ethical failures and needless deaths.
• Nepalese sherpas elect to end Everest climbing season early due to earthquake-induced trail damage.
• China's urban economy hits an inflection point as it runs out of surplus labor from the countryside.
• Rangoon locals mourn loss of heritage in development upheaval—since 1990, 35% of the city has been demolished.
• Panera joins the growing number of food companies to announce they're eliminating artificial ingredients.
• Chasing CV cred, bad math contributes to endemic overstatement of conclusions in research.
• Scientists are studying twins—one in space, one on Earth—to examine the effects of spaceflight on health and aging.
• New telescope imaging of Jupiter's moon Io reveals active volcanic lakes—a sign of potential habitability.
• The middle finger emoji is supported in the latest update to Windows 10, the first OS to do so.
• Study including Spotify user data shows the average person stops listening to new music at 33.
• "Those who regularly post images of themselves across social networking sites are more likely to score highly on psychopath tests."
• Americans celebrate Cinco de Mayo with alcohol because of a 1989 Corona beer ad.
• On depression and escaping into the space between thoughts.