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NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity concludes a fifteen-year mission ~space rocketry Article 515 words 13 votes
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Scientists are totally rethinking animal cognition ~science biology Article 5361 words, published Feb 6 2019 12 votes
The fight for gender equality in big-wave surfing, one of the most dangerous sports on earth ~sports Article 8873 words, published Feb 7 2019 5 votes
A country music artist navigates an art form altered by America’s poisoned politics ~music country Article 2662 words 5 votes
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The five families of feces - The porta-potty business is as dirty as you’d think. But one man keeps coming up smelling like roses. ~finance business Article 3745 words 7 votes
Tim O'Reilly: The fundamental problem with Silicon Valley’s favorite growth strategy ~tech Article 9010 words, published Feb 5 2019 17 votes
A swamp divided: How Donald Trump's arrival turned DC nightlife upside down ~life Article 4034 words 4 votes
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Online grocery shopping has been slow to catch on - We shop online for almost everything. Why not food? ~food Article 2753 words 11 votes
The Google Chrome team is developing tools, heuristics and warnings to help protect against deceptive URLs ~tech google browsers security internet Article 994 words 11 votes
Blockchain technology changes the nature of trust, but it doesn't eliminate the need for it ~tech Article 2108 words 4 votes
Movies often contain chess games with basic errors. What motivates filmmakers to keep using a game they don't understand? ~movies Article 71 words 17 votes
Gym class is so bad, kids are skipping school to avoid it ~life education education.physical Article 1484 words 20 votes
The end of the American Chinatown - How renewed interest in downtown living is threatening neighborhoods that long provided a first stop for new immigrants ~life housing Article 2038 words 6 votes
White-tailed spiders may be Australia's most misunderstood animals, caught in a tangled web of myth and hysteria. We take a closer look. ~science biology Article 1033 words 7 votes
A grand plan to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch ~enviro plastics pollution Article 6696 words 10 votes
Slack says it's filed to go public, using a direct listing instead of a traditional IPO ~tech Article 10 votes
Maroon 5’s Super Bowl halftime show was just as mind-numbingly dull as you feared ~music Article 2119 words 7 votes
‘A nightmare’: Inside the Federal jail in Brooklyn with little heat or electricity ~news usa.ny.nyc Article 974 words 7 votes
In the era of spellcheck and auto-correct, does it matter that my son can’t spell? ~life parenting Article 1305 words 10 votes