After Notre Dame fire, Philadelphia’s historic Christ Church demonstrates its ‘water curtain’ ~design architecture Article 885 words 7 votes
An internet for kids: Instead of regulating the internet to protect young people, give them a youth-net of their own ~tech internet Article 577 words 12 votes
End the tyranny of Arial: The big internet platforms use the same fonts and backgrounds. Let’s make it interesting again. ~design typography Article 1304 words 15 votes
Guantánamo’s darkest secret - The US military prison’s leadership considered Mohamedou Salahi to be its highest-value detainee. But his guard suspected otherwise. ~life Article 19 771 words 14 votes
The Iranian spider-tailed viper preys on birds by luring them with a spider-shaped bulge on its tail ~science biology Article 1536 words 11 votes
Comedian Ian Cognito dies onstage – and the audience think it’s part of his act ~news united kingdom Article 116 words, published Apr 12 2019 18 votes
The removal of fuel from Fukushima reactors begins, eight years after the disaster ~enviro energy Article 8 votes
A rare trio of bald eagles — two dads, one mom — are raising eaglets together in one nest ~enviro Article 707 words 8 votes
Scott Kelly spent a year in orbit. His body is not quite the same. ~space spaceflight Article 2027 words 11 votes
Chicago’s ankle monitors can call and record kids without their consent ~tech privacy Article 7 votes
Radical climate action 'critical' to Great Barrier Reef's survival, government body says ~enviro climate change Article 712 words 11 votes
Luke Heimlich, college star convicted of sex crime, quietly makes pro debut in Mexico ~sports.baseball Article 874 words 5 votes
Climate chaos is coming and the Pinkertons are ready ~enviro climate change Article 3554 words 13 votes
A mysterious infection, spanning the globe in a climate of secrecy ~science medicine Article 2897 words, published Apr 6 2019 6 votes
"Making video games is not a dream job": "The workers behind hits like Fortnite and Call of Duty need unions to protect them from exploitation" ~games Article 1048 words, published Apr 4 2019 10 votes
SpaceX begins Starship hopper testing ~space rocketry spaceflight.commercial Article 522 words 7 votes
The rapid rise and slow fall of the Microsoft web browser ~tech microsoft browsers.web Article 990 words 6 votes
Emoji keep getting more inclusive. So why is there no trans pride flag? ~lgbt transgender Article 1384 words 14 votes
'Often seems drugged': Protest about kangaroo found in poor condition in US petting zoo ~enviro Article 6 votes
Battery reality: There’s nothing better than lithium-ion coming soon ~science chemistry Article 12 votes
You can never go home to GeoCities again - The new video games Hypnospace and Wrong Box offer up complicated nostalgia for the internet of yesterday ~games Article 1523 words, published Mar 31 2019 4 votes
They had it coming - The parents indicted in the college-admissions scandal were responding to a changing America, with rage at being robbed of what they believed was rightfully theirs ~humanities education.higher Article 6339 words 12 votes
Your very public Amazon shopping history is a window onto your soul ~tech amazon privacy Article 1208 words 11 votes
How Rupert Murdoch's empire of influence remade the world - a three part report covering the UK, Australia and the USA ~misc Article 8973 words 19 votes
Lack of redundancies on Boeing 737 MAX system baffles some involved in developing the jet ~transport Article 2245 words, published Mar 26 2019 5 votes
Millennials are sick of drinking, but they’re not giving up booze just yet ~life Article 1828 words 6 votes
Something on Mars is producing gas usually made by living things on Earth ~space Article 684 words 9 votes
Mark Zuckerberg: The internet needs new rules. Let’s start in these four areas ~tech social media facebook internet Article 1068 words 13 votes
Puerto Rico just passed a bill to require 100% renewable electricity by 2050 ~enviro energy.renewable Article 472 words 13 votes
It’s not enough for JK Rowling to say her characters are queer. Show it to us ~lgbt Article 1382 words 17 votes