For the first time, researchers have identified the remains of a sailor from the doomed 1845 Franklin expedition of the fabled Northwest Passage ~humanities.history Article 1014 words 10 votes
Derek Chauvin is found guilty of murdering George Floyd ~news usa.mn.minneapolis crime Article 2634 words 73 votes
Why was Donald Trump’s US corporate tax cut such a flop? ~society politics Article 2030 words, published Apr 9 2021 5 votes
After working at Google, I’ll never let myself love a job again ~life work Article 1542 words 23 votes
We selected 10,000 American neighborhoods at random. If we dropped you into one of them, could you guess how most people there voted? ~society politics Article 1086 words 29 votes
Sabine Schmitz, legendary racing driver, succumbs to cancer at age 51 ~sports.motorsports Article 869 words 12 votes
Scientists grow mouse embryos in a mechanical womb ~science biology medicine Article 1143 words 5 votes
New technique reveals centuries of secrets in locked letters ~humanities.history Article 1039 words, published Mar 2 2021 4 votes
Reddit hires its first chief financial officer as it prepares for an IPO ~tech social media Article 407 words 31 votes
A new coronavirus variant is spreading in New York, researchers report ~health Article 1014 words 9 votes
Scientists are concerned by falling sperm counts and declining egg quality. Endocrine-disrupting chemicals may be the problem. ~science biology Article 926 words 12 votes
‘I was invisible’: The maid-turned-star who’s taking on racism in Brazil ~life Article 1363 words 5 votes
The current New York Times Best Sellers list for combined print and e-book fiction, scaled according to demand for the e-book at a selection of US public libraries ~books fiction libraries Article 418 words 6 votes
Will American ideas tear France apart? Some of its leaders think so. ~society politics Article 1786 words 17 votes
An artists' group, criticized as vandals for dumping the bust of an 18th-century king into Copenhagen Harbor, says it wanted to draw attention to Denmark's role in slave trading ~arts Article 1469 words 5 votes
Haiti braces for unrest as a defiant President refuses to step down ~news haiti politics Article 1311 words 8 votes
The downside to life in a supertall tower: Leaks, creaks, breaks ~design architecture Article 1803 words 16 votes
The Webb Telescope, NASA’s golden surfer, is almost ready, again ~space astronomy Article 1967 words 10 votes
Napoleon’s brother lived in New Jersey. Here’s what happened to the estate. ~humanities.history Article 1478 words 8 votes
When travel restrictions stopped bird-watchers from visiting the Swedish island of Stora Karlsö, hidden ecosystem dynamics were revealed ~enviro conservation Article 715 words 6 votes
In Tunisia, some wonder if the revolution was worth it: Tunisians are putting their hard-won right to criticize the government to good use. They just wish there was less to protest. ~society politics Article 1474 words, published Jan 19 2021 10 votes
Aleksei Navalny protests: Live updates as mass rallies sweep across Russia ~news russia politics Article 2949 words 23 votes
Pfizer will ship fewer vaccine vials to account for ‘extra’ doses ~health Article 1707 words 11 votes
The most memorable illustrations of 2020, as chosen by art directors at The New York Times ~arts Article 253 words, published Jan 15 2021 7 votes
Inside eBay’s cockroach cult: The ghastly story of a stalking scandal ~tech Article 4613 words, published Sep 26 2020 11 votes
Visual investigations: How a Presidential rally turned into a Capitol rampage // Insurrection at the Capitol: A timeline of how it happened ~society politics Article 1025 words 12 votes
The scary power of the companies that finally shut Trump up ~tech social media Article 885 words 25 votes
A riveting ISIS story, told in a Times podcast, falls apart (Caliphate podcast) ~news journalism Article 3530 words 8 votes
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
NASA launched a rocket fifty-four years ago. Has it finally come home? ~space Article 1158 words 5 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
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
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