The hardest case for mercy: inside the effort to spare the Parkland school shooter [the death penalty] ~life Article 15 205 words 25 votes
Atlanta Beltline Partnership receives $8 million gift for Westside Bike Park ~transport Article 313 words 11 votes
London saw a surprising benefit to fining high-polluting cars: More active kids ~transport Article 991 words 28 votes
English universities offer to curb foreign students if they can raise tuition fees ~life education.higher Article 800 words 16 votes
‘Hacks,’ ‘Shogun,’ and ‘Baby Reindeer’ win top prizes at the 2024 Emmy’s ~tv Article 305 words 15 votes
Getting shorter and going hungrier: how children in the UK live today ~health Article 898 words 17 votes
iOS 18 is here with RCS and homepage customization features ~tech apple android ios.18 Article 36 votes
Reports of the death of dental cavities are greatly exaggerated ~health Article 1948 words, published May 17 2024 14 votes
The confessions of Marcus Hutchins, the hacker who saved the internet (2020) ~tech internet security.cyber Article 7106 words, published May 12 2020 38 votes
First-ever mRNA vaccine halts pancreatic cancer in its tracks ~science medicine Article 1580 words 50 votes
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission looked doomed. Could engineers save it? ~space spaceflight.scientific Article 1816 words 7 votes
Scientists receive Ig Nobel Prize for discovering mammals can breathe through anuses ~science biology Article 43 votes
Helldivers 2's crucial 01.001.100 update completely reworks weapons, adds new Galactic War feature, and changes much more in bid to make the game easier ~games Article 3465 words 17 votes
Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims ~enviro climate change Article 2248 words 20 votes
Norwegian matchdays have become a scene in which fans throw fishcakes, champagne corks and croissants onto the pitch against what they perceive to be the invasive technology of VAR ~sports.football Article 3065 words 5 votes
Tesla Cybertruck owners shocked that tires are barely lasting 6,000 miles ~transport Article 533 words 50 votes
Doctors have urged Finland's rightwing government to change “problematic and damaging” plans to ban undocumented people from accessing non-emergency healthcare ~society politics Article 397 words 13 votes
Inside Iron Mountain: It’s time to talk about hard drives ~tech Article 1380 words, published Aug 19 2024 23 votes
Norway sees electric cars outnumber petrol models – sovereign wealth fund cushion has made it possible for government to offer green incentives to motorists ~transport Article 313 words 11 votes
After a summer track season that ended just two days earlier, Jakob Ingebrigtsen's audacious half-marathon debut in Copenhagen fell apart after 10km ~sports Article 507 words 5 votes
Norway’s oil capital Stavanger feels the squeeze as krone slides. The krone has lost about 20% against the euro since 2022. ~finance economics Article 67 words 4 votes
TikTok argues in federal appeals court that US ban would have ‘staggering’ impact on free speech ~tech social media Article 490 words 39 votes
São Paulo mayoral candidate treated in hospital after getting clobbered with chair ~society politics Article 533 words 7 votes
When Rob Barrett surveyed one of Norway's largest seabird colonies in the '70s there were too many birds to count – stark before and after photographs reveal sharp decline ~enviro Article 1171 words 13 votes
Swedish government says excessive screen time is causing a severe health crisis for youth – new legislation in the works to require schools to ban access to digital devices ~health.mental Article 1212 words 14 votes
CO2 turned into fuel: Japan’s scientists convert captured carbon into green fuel ~engineering Link 20 votes
Declassified memo from US codebreaker sheds light on Ethel Rosenberg's Cold War spy case ~humanities.history Article 1221 words 17 votes
Actually, we can deploy energy infrastructure very quickly ~enviro energy Article 1513 words 19 votes
Donald Trump is safe after Secret Service opened fire at suspect with firearm near his Florida golf club ~news usa.fl politics crime Article 61 words 48 votes
Study finds people are consistently and confidently wrong about those with opposing views ~science Article 663 words 37 votes
Ukraine launches 144-drone barrage on Russia, targeting Moscow and key regions ~news russia.moscow ukraine Article 246 words 42 votes
Alan Wake 2's composer Petri Alanko has teased some pretty emotional-sounding stuff for the game's upcoming DLC, The Lake House ~games Article 409 words 12 votes
Stranded astronauts make first public statement since being left behind on ISS ~space Article 501 words 33 votes
UK's NHS cannot embrace AI until its basic IT systems are up to scratch. Prof Sir Martin Landray: clinical IT functions are slow and ‘devastatingly user unfriendly’ ~health healthcare Article 677 words 20 votes
Icelandic fishing giant Samherji sues art student for spoofing corporate website – potentially chilling effect on artists engaging critically with large corporations ~arts Article 1036 words 20 votes