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A new geo-engineering proposal to stop sea level rise ~enviro climate change Article 3301 words, published Jan 11 2018 3 votes
The big Sean Murray interview - Hello Games' founder on the remarkable journey of No Man's Sky ~games Article 3947 words 13 votes
The Nearest, a new short story by Greg Egan ~books short stories science fiction Article 16 800 words, published Jul 19 2018 5 votes
Sleep science: In the era of screens, rest is crucial ~health Article 4323 words, published Jul 17 2018 8 votes
Why are lakes and rivers in the Canadian Rocky Mountains so brilliantly turquoise blue? ~science physics Article 3974 words 5 votes
Suspicious minds - Mingling with wariness and wonder at a conference devoted to "Ancient Aliens" ~life Article 3547 words 5 votes
When a US citizen heard he was on his own country's drone target list, he wasn’t sure he believed it. After five near-misses, he does – and is suing the United States to contest his own execution ~misc politics Article 7725 words 34 votes
Transgender men talk about life on the other side of the gender divide ~lgbt transgender Article 3661 words 15 votes
The last days of Blockbuster Video - The stories of three closing Blockbuster locations in Alaska, some of the last ones in the country ~movies Article 9286 words 7 votes
How to spend it: The shopping list for the 1%. In an age of astonishing wealth, nothing reveals the lives of the ultra-rich like the FT’s unashamedly ostentatiously luxury magazine. ~finance Article 3706 words 25 votes
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Alt-right troll to father killer: The unraveling of Lane Davis ~misc politics Article 6464 words 21 votes
The World's Worst Industrial Disaster is Still Unfolding ~misc Article 5617 words, published Jul 10 2018 13 votes
How a group of romance writers cashed in on Amazon's Kindle Unlimited ~books fiction Article 6679 words 3 votes
Health insurers are vacuuming up details about you — and it could raise your rates ~health healthcare Article 3267 words 10 votes
US President Donald Trump's trade offensive is producing brutal local headlines ~finance business Article 3299 words 9 votes
When you have a serious hereditary disease, who has a right to know? ~science medicine Article 4686 words, published Jul 10 2018 4 votes
How NASA’s mission to Pluto was nearly lost ~space astronomy Article 3891 words, published May 17 2018 6 votes
Science under siege: Behind the scenes at Trump’s troubled environment agency ~science Article 3434 words 8 votes
The NSA’s hidden spy hubs in eight US cities ~tech privacy Article 3696 words, published Jun 25 2018 7 votes
Despite Chrome’s pending “mark of shame,” three major news sites aren’t HTTPS ~tech security google browsers internet Article 514 words 18 votes
Beauteous beasts - Humans have been breeding animals for beauty for centuries. But should we draw the line at genetically modified pets? ~science Article 4306 words, published Mar 25 2013 4 votes
Speaking on behalf of … In the tapestry of diverse social groups, the loudest and most extreme get heard. To whom should we actually listen? ~humanities philosophy.political Article 3023 words, published Jul 11 2018 5 votes
Finding and exploiting hidden features of Animal Crossing's NES emulator ~comp Article 5197 words 18 votes
The endless reign of Rupert Murdoch ~news journalism Article 10 061 words, published Jun 30 2018 12 votes
Who's afraid of the big bad wolf scientist? ~science biology Article 5925 words, published Jul 5 2018 5 votes
Japan’s vegetable-eating men - A nation of suit-wearing salarymen educates its first generation of stay-at-home dads ~life.men Article 3410 words 7 votes
Anti-vaxxers are targeting a vaccine for a virus deadlier than ebola ~science medicine Article 4505 words 7 votes
SPLC Weekend Read: ‘The Rosa Parks of the transgender movement’ ~lgbt history activism Article 865 words 10 votes
Depersonalization in gender dysphoria: widespread and widely unrecognized ~lgbt transgender Article 4609 words, published Jun 29 2017 7 votes
The Zero Meter Diving Team - A story of family, loss, and the Chernobyl disaster ~humanities.history Link 6 votes
Solid: From Tim Berners-Lee, a project to decentralize the web ~tech internet Article 3088 words 20 votes