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The new soul food of Paris: Black chefs are exploring “Afropean” identity and building on American soul food’s long history in the European dining capital ~food Article 4483 words 5 votes
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The Skeleton Lake - Genetic analysis of human remains found in the Himalayas has raised baffling questions about who these people were and why they were there ~humanities anthropology Article 6105 words 11 votes
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In 2016, the Guardian spoke to sixteen-year-olds across the globe about their hopes and dreams. As they turn twenty in a global pandemic, we tracked them down ~life Article 3459 words 9 votes
"Women feel they have no option but to give birth alone": The rise of freebirthing during the pandemic ~health medicine healthcare Article 3079 words 6 votes
Typeset in the Future on Star Trek: The Motion Picture ~movies science fiction Article 7013 words, published Aug 17 2020 7 votes
Football's forgotten tragedy: In 1971, an Old Firm derby at Ibrox ended with the death of sixty-six fans as they celebrated a late goal ~sports.football Article 4644 words 5 votes
How Joe Biden can ensure federal agencies fight climate change ~enviro climate change Article 9060 words 4 votes
The social life of forests: Trees appear to communicate and cooperate through subterranean networks of fungi. What are they sharing with one another? ~science biology Article 6006 words 5 votes
Logging in to get kicked out: Inside America's virtual eviction crisis ~life housing Article 3246 words 7 votes
Covid-19 has drawn new attention to indoor air pollution. Science has long considered gas appliances to be key culprits. ~enviro pollution.air Article 5211 words 9 votes
Drone sightings caused Gatwick airport to close for two days in 2018, but despite a lengthy police investigation, no culprit was ever found. So what exactly did people see in the Sussex sky? ~life Article 5293 words 10 votes
The race to make the world's fastest running shoe ~sports Article 4020 words, published Nov 28 2020 5 votes
The impact of toxic influencers on communities ~tech social media internet Article 3135 words, published Jul 23 2020 11 votes
Sex, lies and video games: Oomba was a startup designed to make a lot of money from the games industry — instead, everyone played each other ~games Article 8599 words, published Nov 23 2020 12 votes
Illuminating Kirinyaga - Meaning and knowing in Mount Kenya’s forests ~enviro Article 5193 words 6 votes
Pakistan’s government uses the internet as a means of exerting control — and in a remote part of the country, citizens are starting to fight back ~tech internet Article 3787 words 6 votes
In 1978, a photographer at a Birmingham lab fell ill with smallpox, prompting a race against time to prevent an epidemic. Does the outbreak carry lessons for Covid-19? ~health Article 3483 words 12 votes
Sega VR revived: emulating an unreleased Genesis accessory with the help of Nuclear Rush's source code ~games Article 6554 words 5 votes
Mathematicians are playing a key role in fighting the pandemic by modeling different scenarios for a vaccine rollout ~health Article 3301 words 4 votes
Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition - Anniversary Update, including new Battle Royale mode, Anniversary Event, Quick Play, and more ~games Article 4388 words 14 votes
How Elektra Records ushered in the alternative music revolution - and then helped kill it ~music Article 9171 words 6 votes
The race to grow human breast milk in a lab ~science biology Article 3950 words, published Nov 14 2020 4 votes
Reverse engineering a forgotten 1970s Intel dual core beast: 8271, a new ISA ~tech Article 3116 words 10 votes
Reddit quarantined: Can changing platform affordances reduce hateful material online? ~tech social media Article 8304 words 4 votes