How to think like an epidemiologist ~science statistics Article 2341 words, published Aug 4 2020 6 votes
Scientists are 3D printing miniature human organs to test coronavirus drugs ~science biology medicine Article 1339 words 5 votes
Lawyers demand US Military stop violating free speech on Twitch ~tech social media Article 1119 words 10 votes
No longer in shadows, Pentagon’s UFO unit will make some findings public ~space Article 1178 words 10 votes
Alone on a mountaintop, awaiting a very hard rain ~science physics Article 1002 words, published Jan 21 2020 7 votes
Ancient Rome was teetering. Then a volcano erupted 6,000 miles away. ~humanities.history Article 2010 words, published Jun 22 2020 5 votes
Why is a tech executive installing security cameras around San Francisco? ~tech security Article 2853 words 10 votes
Mary Trump’s book accuses the US President of embracing "cheating as a way of life" ~books Article 878 words 16 votes
Canada's sparrows are singing a new song. You'll hear it soon. ~science biology Article 819 words 8 votes
Ghislaine Maxwell, associate of Jeffrey Epstein, is arrested ~news usa crime Article 143 words 28 votes
You want a Confederate monument? My body is a Confederate monument (sexual assault trigger warning) ~life Article 423 words 20 votes
How the Philadelphia police tear-gassed a group of trapped protesters ~news usa.pa.philadelphia Article 81 words 9 votes
Scott Alexander has deleted his Slate Star Codex blog due to the New York Times planning to reveal his real name in an article ~tech privacy Article 1243 words 48 votes
European Union may bar American travelers as it reopens borders, citing failures on virus ~health Article 2193 words 15 votes
Shows of support for racial justice from social media giants like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube don’t address the way the platforms have been weaponized by racists and partisan provocateurs ~tech social media google facebook Article 1886 words 11 votes
The rape kit’s secret history - This is the story of the woman who forced the police to start treating sexual assault like a crime ~humanities.history Article 8171 words 8 votes
Where’s airborne plastic? Everywhere, scientists find ~enviro plastics.micro pollution.air Article 970 words 3 votes
After a staff uproar, New York Times says that Senator Tom Cotton’s “Send In the Troops” op-ed it published yesterday did not meet its standards ~news journalism usa politics.usa Article 523 words 21 votes
A man emerges from a 75-day silent retreat in Vermont ~life Article 1241 words, published Jun 2 2020 21 votes
Facebook employees stage virtual walkout to protest US President Donald Trump posts ~tech facebook social media Article 894 words 16 votes
The nine-woman feminist rap group Daughters of Reykjavik was mocked online and in Iceland's news media – so they're taking their message elsewhere ~music Article 480 words 5 votes
President Donald Trump said he would end Hong Kong’s special relationship with the US and withdraw from the World Health Organization ~news hong kong usa china politics.usa Article 9 votes
The design of the “Incalculable Loss” front page of The New York Times for Memorial Day, 2020 ~design typography Link 14 votes
Covid-19 outbreak in Nigeria is just one of Africa’s alarming hot spots ~health Article 592 words 7 votes
What we know about your chances of catching the virus outdoors: Pandemic life is safer outdoors, in part, because even a light wind will quickly dilute the virus ~health Article 216 words 8 votes
At first, the disappearance of the wife of one of Norway's richest people seemed to be an abduction – but then suspicion turned on the husband ~news norway.oslo crime Article 7 votes
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has criticized the Financial Times and The New York Times after they reported that Russia’s coronavirus death toll could be much higher than government officials are saying ~health Article 649 words 9 votes
As coronavirus overruns Russia, doctors are dying on the front lines ~health healthcare Article 566 words 6 votes
Two suspects charged with murder in Ahmaud Arbery killing ~news crime usa.ga.brunswick Article 76 words 12 votes
US tribal nations face most severe crisis in decades as the coronavirus closes casinos ~finance business Article 517 words 3 votes
Charles Coughlin, the 'Radio Priest' who brought fascism to America in the 1930s (1979) ~humanities.history Article 146 words, published Oct 28 1979 7 votes
How Jared Kushner's volunteer force led a fumbling hunt for US supplies ~health Article 834 words 4 votes
‘Murder hornets’ in the US: The rush to stop the Asian giant hornet ~enviro Article 429 words 17 votes