The uneasy afterlife of our dazzling trash: Where do CDs go to die? ~enviro recycling plastics Article 1381 words 5 votes
Scientists know masks limit the coronavirus’s spread, but it’s impossible for randomized trials to prove that ~health Article 1397 words 5 votes
Pope Francis appoints first African-American cardinal ~humanities religion Article 747 words 12 votes
As local news dies, a pay-for-play network rises in its place ~news usa journalism Article 3254 words, published Oct 20 2020 7 votes
Activists build facial recognition to ID cops who hide their badges ~tech Article 1542 words 15 votes
Jazz legend Keith Jarrett may never perform again after suffering two strokes ~music jazz Article 1882 words 8 votes
Restoring farmland could drastically slow extinctions, fight climate change ~enviro climate change Article 914 words, published Oct 14 2020 6 votes
Migrant workers restricted to farms under one grower’s virus lockdown ~life work Article 1910 words 8 votes
Nobels that some felt weren't so dynamite (1999) ~humanities.history Article 1305 words, published Oct 17 1999 8 votes
Breonna Taylor US Grand Jury recording released ~news crime usa.ky.louisville Article 490 words 10 votes
Why are we in the West so weird? A theory ~humanities.history Article 1884 words, published Sep 12 2020 6 votes
Ultra Strips Down is a Danish children's TV show that aims to counter a social media that bombards young people with images of perfect bodies ~tv Article 1490 words 13 votes
Uber is hurting drivers like me in its legal fight in California ~transport Article 1089 words 3 votes
California Governor Gavin Newsom: By this point last year, 4,292 fires had burned 56,000 acres. This year, 7,002 fires have chewed through more than 1.4 million acres. ~enviro Article 1509 words, published Aug 24 2020 7 votes
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
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
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
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