* The U.S government seems to be taking the terrorist Twitter account seriously. * Why you should visit Iran. * Considering whether America's gun problem warrants outside intervention—it's so bad it could be considered a humanitarian crisis. * Neuroscience looks beyond pharma, devises ways we can alter neural
* Survival stories from the Nairobi mall attack. * Essential: A backgrounder on al-Shabab's war with Kenya. * Death toll in Pakistani church bombing climbs to 78; Taliban says violence will continue until U.S. drone attacks end. * A month-by-month timeline of U.S.-attributed civilian deaths in
One woman powers herself with a solar panel. Another wears a neon sign in her Afro. In the future as in the past, identity is never one-dimensional.
* Inside an Afghanistan juvenile center for young militants caught attempting suicide attacks. * Slideshow: American teenagers chronicle their hometowns. * About 150 Americans die a year by accidentally taking too much acetaminophen. * The Russian gunfight over Kant is only the latest in a series of arguments over the philosopher. * See also: "
* A district-by-district breakdown of which Americans would have lost benefits had the anti-food stamp bill passed in 2011. * Panera CEO tries to live on a $4.50 daily budget for food, discovers he cannot afford Panera. * Puerto Rico's poverty rate is 44.9%—double the
Rough waters for Russia’s fabled Bolshoi Theatre have prompted soul-searching among the country’s dancers, officials, and fans.
* Since 1990, Australians "have enjoyed the longest period of economic expansion unbroken by recession of any developed country ever." * The difficulties of representing the sea on stage in Early Modern England. * British people use ["bloody"] quite a lot less than Americans think they do and a
* India has left it to America to crown the first Indian beauty queen who looks...well, Indian. * France advances on banning beauty pageants for children under 16; organizers could face jail time. * On Pickering's Harem, the forgotten female research assistants who pushed astronomy forward. * Now that Facebook likes
Economic recession. Climate disaster. Chaos in the Middle East. The world cries out for leaders who will face our biggest dilemmas, and all we get are short-sighted narcissists. Where are the great leaders of today?
* American Journal of Medicine fast-tracks publication of study proving high gun ownership makes the U.S. less safe. * The next mass shooting will take place on February 12, 2014, in Spokane, Wash., by a 38-year-old white man at a place he used to work. * Related: "It’
