May 7, 2015

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Cameron’s Conservatives likely to win the most seats in today’s UK election, but may not form the next government.

Senate Republicans expect to best more conservative Republicans in passing Iran bill without controversial amendment.

Tornadoes in Oklahoma City wreak havoc, cause severe flooding, release bears.

At this point I’m about 74 years older than the character I play. Carroll Spinney on his life as Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch.

Alexander Rich, who confirmed DNA’s double-helix structure, dies at 90.

Ten-year-old issue of Scientific American shows how terrible we are at predicting “the long arc of scientific discovery.”

The “Hollywood model,” where talented people briefly gather for a project, predicts sunny days for tomorrow’s economy.

In the heart of Harper’s conservative Canada, Alberta just elected a government that could leave Keystone’s tar sands in the ground.

What think-piece writers get wrong about lobotomies. #tmn

TMN’s Sarah Hepola: Getting sober doesn’t mean sex is gone forever, but it can seem like that at first.

Amazon removes the gender taxonomy of toys and games—if only they could turn “Amazon Mom” into “Amazon Family.”

Tokyo hotel offers rooms designed to allow female guests to “cry heartily,” complete with sad movies and soft tissues to “gently wipe away tears.”

When it’s “more probable than not” that Tom Brady wanted his footballs deflated, he probably wants a mulligan even more.

Just how long has Brady been cheating? That is the legitimate question that must now be asked.

See also: A selection of miniature and concealed photographic devices.

Microbiologist confirms that beards have poop in them, but points out that everything else does, too.

Douthat: The modern welfare state has successfully cut our poverty rate, but it hasn’t delivered on the Great Society’s social promises.

Woman uses Pizza Hut’s food-delivery app to escape a hostage crisis.