An investigator and his colleagues at the Allen Institute for Brain Science are working with mice to decode what a mind’s neurons are saying to each other to produce behavior.

The Brain’s Inner Language

Steel makers are responding by producing lighter, stronger steel in a bid to retain one of their most important customers.

Steel Industry Feeling Stress as Automakers Turn to Aluminum

The I.R.S. allows couples the option of filing amended returns for the last three years, if they so choose. For some unions, this could mean a nice refund.

For Same-Sex Marrieds, a Tax Season to Look Back

Racial tensions are playing out in new ways on college campuses nationwide, like the University of Michigan, which has seen a sharp decline in black undergraduate enrollment.

Colorblind Notion Aside, Colleges Grapple With Racial Tension

Alphonse Fletcher Jr., a flashy hedge fund manager, has been accused of running something akin to a Ponzi scheme, and the pension systems that say he misled them are hoping to get their money back.

Pension Funds Sue on a Deal Gone Cold

“Kung Fu,” the new play about Bruce Lee by David Henry Hwang, never achieves the fluid grace in its dialogue and dramaturgy that it does in its action sequences.

A Dragon Returns, This Time Onstage

British and American authorities investigating bad behavior at large banks have reached an uneasy truce.

U.S. and Britain Join Forces in Bank Misbehavior Cases

The person posting as @GSElevator on Twitter, thought to be a Goldman Sachs employee, is actually a 34-year-old former bond trader in Texas.

@GSElevator Tattletale Exposed (He Was Not in the Goldman Elevator)

While George W. Bush was inspired by Ukraine’s 2004 revolution, Barack Obama has approached the unrest of 2014 with a more clinical detachment aimed at avoiding instability.

Wary Stance From Obama on Ukraine

In a coordinated action against the government, residents of Caracas and other cities have taken to the streets to protest a litany of problems that have long troubled the country.

In Venezuela, Protest Ranks Grow Broader

The prominent Bitcoin exchange was said to be on the verge of total collapse following a major theft, even as another company announced plans for a high-profile virtual currency market.

Apparent Theft at Mt. Gox Shakes Bitcoin World

After the death of Philip Seymour Hoffman, The National Enquirer quoted his friend David Bar Katz, but Mr. Katz had not spoken with The Enquirer. A settlement followed, and it will fund a new playwriting award.

Truth and a Prize Emerge From Lies About Hoffman

A bit of sugar and an egg are all that separate biscuits from scones. Don’t tell the purists.

Biscuits and Scones Share Tender Secrets

Edited by the gifted novelist (“The Art of Fielding”) and n + 1 editor Chad Harbach, “MFA vs NYC” asks whether fiction writing can, or should, be taught.

Creative Writing, via a Workshop or the Big City

The data, reported in a major federal health survey, offered the first clear evidence that America’s children have turned a corner in the obesity epidemic, and came as a surprise to researchers.

Obesity Rate for Young Children Plummets 43% in a Decade

The report says the bank helped its American customers evade taxes through a variety of means, including opening accounts in the name of shell companies and sending Swiss bankers to the U.S. to secretly recruit new clients.

Credit Suisse Helped U.S. Clients Hide Billions in Assets, Senate Report Says

The Royal Opera House’s “The Sleeping Beauty” shows that the company pays attention to the little things when presenting a classic.

Beauty in the Details

“The Americans,” about Soviet spies in the United States in the Reagan years, remains as engrossing for the complexity of the characters as for their secret dealings.

You Think You Know Your Neighbors, but ...

If the Broadway revival of “Annie,” a financial failure, is to go on tour, it will be with a non-Equity cast and the show’s 1977 director.

Tour’s Director Criticizes New ‘Annie’

Gotham Chamber Opera’s performances in galleries at the Metropolitan Museum shed new light on the surrounding art.

Knights in Shining Opera, at the Met

With the real estate boom starting to fade, Chinese companies once again see the future in overseas markets.

As Rest of Economy Weakens, Chinese Exports Surge

A federal judge says she is unconvinced of similarities between the movie’s script and one that was written by the lawsuit’s plaintiff.

Judge Likely to Dismiss Script Case

Quotation of the day for Tuesday, February 25, 2014.

Quotation of the Day for Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Corrections appearing in print on February 25, 2014.

Corrections: February 25, 2014

The Disney Movies Anywhere online service will link to consumers’ iTunes accounts and is intended to encourage digital movie sales, rather than rentals.

February 25, 2014

Headlines from February 25, 2014

The Brain’s Inner Language

Steel Industry Feeling Stress as Automakers Turn to Aluminum

For Same-Sex Marrieds, a Tax Season to Look Back

Colorblind Notion Aside, Colleges Grapple With Racial Tension

Pension Funds Sue on a Deal Gone Cold

Billboard 200

NOW 49

Frozen

Unorthodox Jukebox

Love; Marriage & Divorce

After The Disco

Historical Context for February 25, 2014