Hindsight 2070: We asked fifteen experts, “What do we do now that will be considered unthinkable in fifty years?” Here’s what they told us ~humanities Article 465 words, published Mar 27 2019 12 votes
Moral circle expansion: How humanity’s idea of who deserves moral concern has grown — and will keep growing ~humanities philosophy ethics Article 2976 words 9 votes
Maryland just became the sixth state to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour ~finance Article 1115 words 23 votes
New York’s Orthodox Jewish community is battling measles outbreaks. Vaccine deniers are to blame. ~health Article 2105 words, published Nov 9 2018 8 votes
The best $5,929.10 I ever spent: Moving back to the Midwest ~life housing Article 2162 words 12 votes
Hundreds of US cities are killing or scaling back their recycling programs ~enviro recycling plastics Article 1059 words 23 votes
New Zealand prime minister on mosque shooter: “You will never hear me mention his name” ~news politics new zealand.christchurch Article 389 words 12 votes
Captain Marvel has made $760 million worldwide. $1 billion is in its sights. ~movies Article 399 words 18 votes
Why tech companies failed to keep the New Zealand shooter’s extremism from going viral ~tech social media Article 2305 words 9 votes
Why are millennials burned out? Capitalism. ~humanities Article 2147 words, published Feb 4 2019 17 votes
Twitter has ambitious plans to change the way we tweet by limiting snark and improving the "health" of interactions, but so far it's gone nowhere ~tech social media Article 2714 words 15 votes
Decaf coffee's terrible reputation is outdated, but it's still scorned because of what caffeine represents ~food drinks Article 2754 words, published Mar 7 2019 4 votes
Many companies like Lyft and Uber are going public without having profits - The last time this was so common was in 2000, right before the dot-com bubble burst ~tech Article 1840 words 15 votes
Flickr will soon start deleting photos — and massive chunks of internet history ~tech social media internet google facebook Article 1626 words, published Feb 6 2019 27 votes
Kara Swisher’s live-tweeted interview with Jack Dorsey highlighted how difficult it is to follow a conversation on Twitter ~tech social media Article 839 words 10 votes
Spotify is in talks to pay more than $200 million to acquire Gimlet Media, the startup behind popular podcasts like Reply All ~tech Article 469 words 16 votes
The US Supreme Court just declined to hear Exxon Mobil’s appeal in a climate change lawsuit ~enviro climate change Article 555 words 19 votes
Five key things learned from reading 1,182 emergency room bills ~health healthcare Article 2420 words 15 votes
In an extraordinary move, Juul is trying to make peace with its investors and employees by paying them more than $4 billion ~finance business Article 576 words 6 votes
US House Democrats unveil their first bill in the majority: a sweeping anti-corruption proposal ~news usa politics.usa Article 1015 words 26 votes
A Financial Times editor calls for a Fox News advertiser boycott ~tv Article 388 words, published Oct 29 2018 9 votes
CBD is everywhere. But is it a scam? The super-popular cannabis compound, explained ~health Article 4784 words 12 votes
The long, long history of long, long CVS receipts ~finance business Article 1119 words, published Oct 10 2018 11 votes
US House Democrats’ top priority if they win in November is a sweeping anti-corruption bill ~news usa politics.usa Article 1183 words 18 votes
Amazon is stuffing its search results pages with ads, and they seem to be working ~tech amazon Article 1018 words 19 votes
Friedrich Nietzsche and the alt right ~humanities philosophy Article 1758 words, published Aug 17 2017 13 votes
The Hugo Awards just made history, and defied alt-right extremists in the process ~books science fiction Article 1656 words, published Aug 21 2018 31 votes
Bernie-backed Andrew Gillum wins Florida gubernatorial primary in upset ~news usa.fl politics.usa Article 484 words 26 votes
There should be ‘consequences’ for platforms that don’t remove people like Alex Jones, US Senator Ron Wyden says ~tech internet social media Article 3069 words 12 votes
If you’re wondering why you’ve lost friends in adulthood, this is probably why ~life relationships Article 1375 words, published Aug 16 2018 20 votes
The billionaire house hostage saga of Azealia Banks, Elon Musk, and Grimes, explained ~life Article 1455 words 12 votes
Antifa clashes with police and journalists in Charlottesville and DC ~news usa politics.usa Article 428 words 11 votes
Elon Musk’s Tesla funding wasn’t quite ‘secured’ after all ~finance business Article 685 words 9 votes
Facebook's quarterly earnings show user growth hit record lows in Q2 ~tech facebook social media Article 19 votes
We're underestimating the mind-warping potential of fake video ~tech Article 2728 words, published Apr 20 2018 21 votes
Box CEO Aaron Levie says mistrust of Google and Facebook is a ‘contagion’ that could spread to every tech company ~tech facebook google social media Article 610 words 21 votes
A genetically modified organism could end malaria and save millions of lives — if we decide to use it ~science medicine Article 5349 words 8 votes
Inside how a scooter-sharing startup Lime navigates San Francisco ~transport Article 1353 words 4 votes
ASMR, explained: Why millions of people are watching YouTube videos of someone whispering ~tech social media Article 2028 words, published Jul 15 2015 9 votes
The incredibly frustrating reason there’s no Lyme disease vaccine ~health medicine Article 1633 words 6 votes