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History of the Segway - Dean Kamen's literary agent revisits the story twenty years later to reflect on his contribution to the invention's hype and failure ~tech Article 9978 words, published Aug 1 2021 3 votes
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How Michel Foucault was shielded from scandal by French reverence for intellectuals ~humanities.history Article 1307 words 6 votes
More development would ruin our neighborhood’s character and that character is systemic racism ~life Article 580 words, published Jul 28 2021 18 votes
Hollywood reaps the rewards of becoming more diverse: Films with a diverse cast tend to outperform the rest ~movies Article 623 words 9 votes
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How the long-dead public-television painter Bob Ross became a streaming phenomenon (and kicked up plenty of dirt in the process) ~tv Article 3302 words 9 votes
Third-biggest ice loss for Greenland in a single day since 1950 – rapid melt followed warm air being trapped by a change in atmospheric circulation patterns ~enviro climate change Article 409 words 8 votes
Scientists now think that being overweight can protect your health ~health Article 1528 words, published Nov 17 2015 4 votes
What we still don't know about Emmett Till's murder ~humanities.history Article 7545 words, published Jul 22 2021 2 votes
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Hou Yifan and the wait for chess’s first woman world champion ~games.tabletop Article 5568 words, published Jul 23 2021 4 votes
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Why a YouTube chat about chess got flagged for hate speech ~tech social media Article 631 words, published Mar 1 2021 9 votes
Norway says cyber attack on parliament carried out from China – attack had utilised a security hole in Microsoft's Exchange software ~tech microsoft security.cyber Article 341 words 10 votes
My slightly unreal pandemic pregnancy ~health healthcare Article 2229 words, published Jul 12 2021 8 votes
According to a woman tasked with checking for poison in Adolf Hitler's meals, Hitler was sympathetic to vegetarianism ~humanities.history Article 467 words 3 votes
The Nintendo Switch’s Joy-Con drift problem, explained ~games Article 1093 words, published Oct 6 2020 11 votes
I signed up to write college essays for rich kids. I found cheating is more complicated than I thought. ~humanities education.higher Article 1215 words 29 votes
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In 'Stockholm Syndrome', the new documentary on rapper A$AP Rocky's 2019 assault trial in Sweden, the rapper recalls the moment things went from weird to surreal ~music Article 672 words, published Jun 14 2021 3 votes
To catch teenage gamers after curfew, Chinese company deploys facial recognition ~tech Article 598 words 14 votes
Kristen Roupenian’s viral story draws specific details from my own life. I’ve spent the years since it published wondering: How did she know? ~life relationships Article 4122 words 10 votes
WeChat deletes Chinese university LGBT accounts in fresh crackdown ~tech social media Article 429 words 16 votes
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No, you can’t recycle a bowling ball (but people sure keep trying) ~enviro recycling Article 1819 words, published Jun 29 2021 9 votes