What does it take to build the world's best pension systems? Ask the Netherlands and Denmark ~finance Article 1215 words 6 votes
Svensk Vindenergi – Sweden is set to have more wind power capacity than nuclear this year ~enviro energy.renewable Article 194 words 7 votes
Olympic destroyer - The untold story of the 2018 Olympics cyberattack ~tech security.cyber Article 7600 words 6 votes
In defence of America’s prison-industrial complex ~life Article 898 words, published Oct 17 2019 10 votes
I just took the world’s first twenty hour flight. Here’s what it did to me. ~transport Article 19 votes
In Iceland, a memorial ceremony for the Okjökull glacier suggests new ways to think about climate change ~enviro climate change Article 2287 words 4 votes
We asked some of the boldest thinkers what the world will be like in fifty years. Here’s what their answers tell us about the future ~life Article 7 votes
The not-com bubble is popping—The unicorn massacre unfolding today is exactly the opposite of what happened in 2000 ~finance business Article 514 words 22 votes
The merger between T-Mobile and Sprint could be good for US businesses, despite opposition from state attorneys general and consumer advocacy groups ~finance business Article 1170 words 5 votes
In Norilsk, Russia's most isolated major city, the arrival of high-speed internet gave residents a new window onto the world ~life Article 1759 words 9 votes
Google Pixel 4 and 4XL review: More than the sum of its sensors ~tech google android Article 4293 words 5 votes
Tunnelling mole instrument on Mars InSight lander resumes movement into Martian surface ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 453 words 7 votes
Catalonia has created a new kind of online activism leveraging social media and peer-to-peer technology to orchestrate massive protests ~tech android social media Article 1977 words 15 votes
This sure looks like Mitt Romney’s secret Twitter account—Meet “Pierre Delecto” ~tech social media Article 1658 words 18 votes
Hillary Clinton accuses Tulsi Gabbard of being Russian asset ~news usa russia politics.usa Article 530 words 12 votes
Facing unbearable heat, Qatar has begun to air-condition the outdoors ~enviro climate change Article 4118 words 21 votes
The 160-mile-long Garlock fault in California has begun moving for the first time on record; has the potential of producing a magnitude eight earthquake ~enviro Article 1629 words 12 votes
The complicated ethics of Tesla's Autopilot - It could save the lives of millions, but it will kill some people first ~transport Article 8 votes
Student tracking, secret scores: How college admissions offices rank prospects before they apply ~life education.higher Article 3116 words 15 votes
A photographer at the ends of the Earth - Thomas Joshua Cooper risks his life to document the world’s remotest places ~arts photography.landscape Article 6656 words 7 votes
Banning cars on San Francisco’s Market Street, once a radical idea, approved unanimously ~transport Article 1079 words 10 votes
Introducing Launcher, a new section covering video games and e-sports from The Washington Post ~games Article 453 words 7 votes
Todd Phillips thinks cancel culture ruined comedy. Maybe he’s just not funny anymore. ~movies comedy Article 1255 words, published Oct 2 2019 21 votes
California is banning the tiny bottles of shampoo in hotels ~enviro pollution plastics.single use Article 323 words, published Oct 11 2019 11 votes
SoftBank seeking to take control of WeWork through financing package ~finance business Article 288 words 5 votes
A native plant is exposing the clash between traditional knowledge and Western conventions ~finance business Article 2040 words 8 votes
Twelve hours. Four Syrian hospitals bombed. One culprit: Russia. ~news syria russia Article 1491 words 12 votes
Land without bread: The Green New Deal forsakes America’s countryside ~enviro climate change Article 5189 words, published Sep 1 2019 9 votes
Nutty Putty: ‘I really, really want to get out’ ~hobbies nsfw Article 2560 words, published Oct 8 2019 17 votes
Long shot: The story of a Kurdish sniper ~humanities nsfw Article 5673 words, published Jan 1 2019 7 votes
Meet the satellites that can pinpoint methane and carbon dioxide leaks ~enviro climate change Article 1464 words 8 votes
Jeff Bezos’s master plan - What the Amazon founder and CEO wants for his empire and himself, and what that means for the rest of us ~finance business Article 11 112 words, published Oct 8 2019 16 votes
NASA aims for first manned SpaceX commercial crew mission in first-quarter 2020 ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 523 words 6 votes
The end of silence - The tech industry is producing a rising din, and our bodies can’t adapt ~tech Article 9099 words 12 votes
For the first time in decades, US Environmental Protection Agency is overhauling how communities must test for lead in water ~enviro water.drinking pollution.water Article 1238 words 3 votes
Rwanda's Mara X, Z are the first smartphones made fully in Africa ~tech smartphones android Article 352 words 16 votes
One of forty-three allegations of sexual misconduct against Trump ~news usa politics.usa Article 2339 words 8 votes