Supreme Court rejects Texas lawsuit seeking to subvert election ~news politics usa.tx usa.pa Article 776 words 21 votes
US FDA clears Pfizer vaccine, and millions of doses will be shipped right away ~health Article 2763 words 17 votes
Dianne Feinstein’s missteps raise a painful age question among US Senate Democrats ~society politics Article 1567 words 15 votes
Apple preparing next Mac chips with aim to outclass top-end PCs; up to 32 core CPU's, 16 core GPU's rumored ~tech apple.silicon Article 18 votes
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
Volleyball star Hayley Hodson had it all, until blows to her head changed everything ~sports Article 3660 words 5 votes
Finland's parliament approved a bill designed to protect its networks against cyber threats and espionage – may be used to exclude China's Huawei and ZTE ~tech security.national security.cyber Article 4 votes
With growing tensions in the Arctic region, the Faroe Islands are now receiving more attention from superpowers ~society politics Article 1882 words 3 votes
We read the paper that forced Timnit Gebru out of Google. Here’s what it says. ~tech google Article 1230 words 19 votes
Atheists are sometimes more religious than Christians ~humanities religion Article 478 words, published May 31 2018 11 votes
Parler’s got a porn problem: Adult businesses target pro-Trump social network ~tech social media Article 2127 words 13 votes
Logging in to get kicked out: Inside America's virtual eviction crisis ~life housing Article 3246 words 7 votes
An anti-gay Hungarian politician has resigned after being caught by the police fleeing a 25-man orgy through a window ~news nsfw hungary politics crime Article 493 words 27 votes
Researchers restore lost sight in mice, offering clues to reversing aging ~science biology medicine Article 1038 words 6 votes
The philosophy of Star Trek: Is the Prime Directive ethical? ~humanities philosophy ethics Article 11 votes
NASA launched a rocket fifty-four years ago. Has it finally come home? ~space Article 1158 words 5 votes
No game days. No bars. The pandemic is forcing some men to realize they need deeper friendships. ~life.men Article 2050 words 30 votes
What Facebook fed the baby boomers. Many Americans’ feeds are nightmares. I know because I spent weeks living inside two of them. ~tech facebook social media Article 2322 words, published Nov 24 2020 18 votes
Extraordinary number of arrows dating from the Stone Age to the medieval period have melted out of a single ice patch in Norway in recent years ~humanities.history Article 411 words 8 votes
Rethinking causation in economics ~finance economics Article 1955 words, published Jul 29 2020 7 votes
How a $17 billion bailout fund intended for Boeing ended up in very different hands ~finance business Article 2278 words 4 votes
The New York Times Book Review editors' choices for the ten best books of 2020 ~books reviews fiction nonfiction Article 1316 words 7 votes
Roiled by election, Facebook struggles to balance civility and growth ~tech facebook social media Article 1821 words 12 votes
I lived through a stupid coup. America is having one now ~society politics Article 1362 words 19 votes
YouTube can now place ads on all videos even if creators don’t want them ~tech social media google Article 707 words 26 votes
The Coronavirus is airborne indoors. Why are we still scrubbing surfaces? ~health Article 1397 words 11 votes
The pandemic, the Clean Power Plan, and the Paris Agreement: US emissions drop 7% year on year due to effects of COVID-19 ~enviro climate change Article 4 votes
Bankers in Denmark see surge in threats from angry clients – finance industry is struggling to regain the public's trust after a string of scandals ~finance banking Article 4 votes
The curse of the buried treasure - Two metal-detector enthusiasts discovered a Viking hoard. It was worth a fortune—but it became a nightmare. ~humanities.history Article 8055 words 5 votes
The next decade could be even worse: A historian believes he has discovered iron laws that predict the rise and fall of societies. He has bad news. ~humanities.history Article 5121 words 24 votes
Minneapolis violence surges as police officers leave department in droves ~news usa.mn.minneapolis crime Article 2854 words 14 votes
Google apologises to Thierry Breton over plan to target EU commissioner ~tech google Article 471 words 6 votes