DeepMind worked with UK weather forecasters to create a model that was better at making short term predictions than existing systems ~tech Article 843 words 9 votes
The unbelievable grimness of /r/HermanCainAward, the subreddit that catalogs anti-vaxxer COVID deaths ~tech social media Article 1957 words, published Sep 21 2021 30 votes
Why are people getting worse at “The Price Is Right”? ~tv Article 447 words, published Nov 2 2019 10 votes
Housing in Alaska can’t survive climate change. This group is trying a new model. ~design architecture Article 2363 words, published Sep 24 2021 3 votes
What happens when the experience of celebrity becomes universal? ~humanities Article 4084 words 5 votes
Climate change in Brazil: Fire, frost, and drought shake global markets ~enviro climate change Article 2 votes
Wuhan scientists planned to release coronaviruses into cave bats eighteen months before outbreak ~health Article 319 words 7 votes
Europe’s energy crisis is coming for the rest of the world, too ~enviro climate change energy Article 5 votes
Microsoft, Google, Facebook and other tech firms are pressing lawmakers to stop prosecutors from secretly snooping on private accounts ~tech microsoft google facebook privacy Article 2167 words 3 votes
As women become 60% of all US college students and continue to outpace and outperform men, the WSJ takes a look at how colleges and students feel about it ~life education.higher Article 80 words, published Sep 6 2021 16 votes
Lithuania says throw away Chinese phones due to censorship concerns ~tech security Article 406 words 15 votes
‘Can’t compete’: Why hiring for child care is a huge struggle ~life parenting work Article 1475 words 13 votes
Behind shipping delays and soaring prices are workers still at mortal risk of COVID-19 ~health Article 1884 words 8 votes
Biz Markie had exactly what hip-hop needed - Rap’s pioneering ‘Clown Prince,’ as remembered by his friends, family, collaborators, and admirers ~music hip hop Article 4359 words 7 votes
Denmark risks falling short of its 2030 climate targets unless it builds far more wind and solar farms and overcomes bureaucracy and local resistance to turbines ~enviro energy.renewable Article 266 words 5 votes
Norway agrees to increase natural gas exports to the rest of Europe as prices soar – increase corresponds to nearly 2% of Norway's annual pipeline gas exports ~finance business Article 454 words 8 votes
The dark side of chess: Payoffs, points and twelve-year-old Grandmasters ~games.tabletop Article 2700 words, published Jul 13 2021 5 votes
TV stations are launching multicast networks as an opportunity to reach cord cutters ~tv Article 1518 words 6 votes
Facebook knows Instagram is toxic for teen girls, company documents show ~life.women Article 62 words 16 votes
Can progressives be convinced that genetics matters? ~science Article 9648 words, published Sep 3 2021 15 votes
Norwegians head to the polls on Sept. 13 in a parliamentary election that has centered on the issue of whether saving the planet is worth stopping the fossil fuel gravy train ~enviro climate change Article 23 votes
China’s regulators said to slow their approval of new online games, as Beijing’s campaign against gaming addiction heats up ~games Link 6 votes
In the Afghanistan countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them ~life.women Article 10 116 words, published Sep 3 2021 11 votes
Australian musk ducks have the ability to call you a ‘bloody fool,’ research finds ~science biology Article 706 words 4 votes
Why many scientists say it’s unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 originated from a “lab leak” ~health Link 15 votes
Apple delays the rollout of its plans to scan iPhones for child exploitation images ~tech apple privacy Article 495 words 15 votes
Mike Richards out as executive producer of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune ~tv Article 809 words 16 votes
Virginia school board to pay $1.3 million in transgender student’s suit ~lgbt transgender Article 732 words 13 votes
Female octopuses throw things at males that are harassing them ~science biology.marine Article 641 words 20 votes
US controls on ‘gain of function’ pathogen research have been undercut ~science Article 4641 words 7 votes
Scientists last month set foot on a tiny island off the coast of Greenland which they say is the world's northernmost point of land and was revealed by shifting pack ice ~science Article 476 words 10 votes
Collins Aerospace to provide life support for privately run LEO outpost ~space Article 464 words 9 votes
He taught a Ta-Nehisi Coates essay. Then he was fired. ~humanities philosophy education Article 2693 words, published Aug 17 2021 12 votes
The inside story of how the lowly PDF played the longest game in tech ~tech Article 44 words, published Jan 15 2021 15 votes
Jan and Kevin Magnussen gathered for a weekend activity that few fathers and sons have tried – they raced as teammates at the 24 Hours of Le Mans ~sports.motorsports Article 1147 words, published Aug 19 2021 6 votes