Like many men, I had few close friends. So I began a friendship quest. ~life.men Article 1865 words 72 votes
I tried to convince Steve Curry not to take his deadly hike when I met him in Death Valley. The memory haunts me. ~hobbies Article 52 votes
Cryptography may offer a solution to the massive AI-labeling problem ~tech Article 1125 words 9 votes
A 46,000-year-old worm found in Siberian permafrost was brought back to life, and asexually produced offspring ~science Article 361 words 55 votes
Banks working to develop global standards on accounting for carbon emissions in bond or stock sale underwriting have voted to exclude most emissions from their own carbon footprint numbers ~enviro pollution.air Article 718 words 10 votes
Week in insights: Tax progressivity can go further than we think ~transport Article 1221 words 6 votes
Manchester United agree deal to sign Atalanta forward Rasmus Højlund ~sports.football Article 530 words 5 votes
Lauren James scored a wonder strike to lead England to victory over Denmark in Women's World Cup ~sports.football Article 492 words 5 votes
Tesla created secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints ~transport Article 3128 words 59 votes
Saguaro cacti collapsing in Arizona extreme heat, scientist says ~enviro climate change Article 257 words 17 votes
In rare move, Japanese pop star, Shinjiro Atae, comes out publicly as gay ~lgbt Article 1571 words 46 votes
Intellectual property attorney claims that more than 900 companies have trademarked X, Musk's company will face lawsuits ~tech social media Article 451 words 18 votes
Inside American Starbucks' dirty war against organized US labor ~food Article 3964 words, published Jul 21 2023 23 votes
US health insurance giant Cigna sued over algorithm allegedly used to deny coverage to hundreds of thousands of patients ~health Article 559 words 27 votes
Study of elite US college admissions data suggests being very rich is its own qualification ~life education.higher Article 2987 words 55 votes
Dutch e-bike maker VanMoof declared bankrupt ~transport Article 336 words, published Jul 18 2023 21 votes
The erasure of Islam from the poetry of Rumi ~humanities religion Article 1857 words, published Jan 5 2017 30 votes
Chinese man convicted for building bridge for village ignites public debate over judicial power ~news china.baicheng crime law Link 26 votes
‘Not for machines to harvest’: Data revolts break out against AI ~tech internet social media Article 1705 words 40 votes
How a drug maker profited by slow-walking a promising HIV therapy ~health medicine Article 1796 words 21 votes
Electric vehicles are sending toxic tire particles into the water, soil, and air ~transport Article 1550 words 19 votes
Researchers have decoded more than half of the characters in the so-called Kushan script by comparing them with inscriptions in a known ancient language called Bactrian ~humanities.languages Article 641 words 13 votes
Apple tests ‘Apple GPT,’ develops generative AI tools to catch OpenAI ~tech privacy microsoft apple.gpt google.cloud Article 17 votes
AI often mangles African languages. A network of thousands of coders and researchers is working to develop translation tools that understand their native languages ~tech Link 17 votes
When the war came to Kherson, a small group of scientists ventured into the ruined city to rescue a unique herbarium ~science Article 695 words, published Jul 8 2023 16 votes
Even if the planet doesn't get any warmer than it is now, melting ice in Greenland could add at least 1.5 metres to the global average sea level ~enviro climate change Article 762 words 33 votes
Iraq tells Sweden it will cut ties if Quran burned again ~humanities religion Article 350 words 23 votes
Minnesota Vikings rookie WR Jordan Addison cited for driving 140mph ~sports.american_football Article 13 votes
Scenes from a fallen empire: Abandoned Russian bases dot Mongolia’s border ~humanities.history Article 1314 words 16 votes
Two-faced star seems to have one hydrogen side and one helium side ~space astronomy Article 480 words 17 votes
The National Association of Theatre Owners is projecting that more than 200,000 moviegoers will attend same-day viewings of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” at theaters across North America ~movies Article 629 words 25 votes
Country music’s culture wars and the remaking of Nashville ~music country Article 9825 words 18 votes
Michigan charges sixteen in false elector scheme to overturn former US President Donald Trump’s 2020 loss ~news usa.mi crime politics.usa Article 124 words 58 votes
Mining is getting a makeover. The industry believes that in order to be successful — and maximize profits — a company now needs a “social license to operate,” or moral permission to extract minerals. ~enviro climate change Article 7031 words, published Jul 9 2023 6 votes
Remote work to wipe out $800 billion from office values, McKinsey says ~life work.remote Article 84 votes
Pay raises in the US are finally beating inflation after two years of falling behind ~finance economics Article 38 words 13 votes