What happens when your bomb-defusing robot becomes a weapon ~tech Article 3282 words, published Apr 26 2018 12 votes
The tech industry is lobbying for federal data & privacy regulation that is friendly to the tech industry, but hostile to users' interests ~tech privacy Article 1471 words 11 votes
Three's a crowd: Millennials are shifting Australia's family values ~life parenting family Article 468 words 12 votes
Walt Disney World workers reach deal for $15 minimum wage by 2021 ~finance business Article 877 words 13 votes
Ethiopia’s reforming prime minister runs into a roadblock of ethnic unrest ~news ethiopia politics Article 1319 words 4 votes
The humanities are in crisis - Students are abandoning humanities majors, turning to degrees they think yield far better job prospects. But they’re wrong. ~humanities education.higher Article 3072 words 15 votes
A family’s 400-year-old musical secret still rings true ~music Article 1791 words, published Aug 3 2018 6 votes
David Hogg, after Parkland. Furious and unflinching, an NRA enemy, an accused “crisis actor,” and a high-school grad trying to figure out what’s next. ~life Article 7218 words, published Aug 20 2018 8 votes
Reality Winner, former NSA translator, gets more than five years in leak of Russian hacking report ~news usa russia Article 1458 words 12 votes
Facebook is rating the trustworthiness of its users on a scale from zero to 1 ~tech facebook social media Article 920 words 25 votes
Reader, Come Home - Digital culture doesn’t have to make you a shallow reader. But you have to do something about it ~books reviews Article 1999 words, published Aug 16 2018 9 votes
Some au pairs, in US through this visa program, say they’re treated worse than a pet ~life work Article 845 words 4 votes
After the Bitcoin boom: Hard lessons for cryptocurrency investors ~finance cryptocurrency Article 1551 words 9 votes
The engineer who designed the Genoa bridge that collapsed and killed forty-three people warned of its corrosion risk thirty-nine years ago ~engineering Article 655 words 22 votes
Why the left is so afraid of Jordan Peterson ~humanities Article 1972 words, published Aug 9 2018 8 votes
It’s hard to have an unusual name in China ~humanities language Article 664 words, published Jul 26 2018 12 votes
The city born in a day: The origin story of Oklahoma City ~humanities.history Article 4008 words 5 votes
White House Counsel has cooperated extensively with Mueller’s obstruction inquiry ~news usa politics.usa Article 2448 words 13 votes
US DEA wants more marijuana grown and fewer opioids produced in 2019. Really. ~health medicine Article 760 words 8 votes
Dude, she’s (exactly twenty-five percent) out of your league ~science sociology Article 1499 words, published Aug 10 2018 8 votes
US Food and Drug Administration approves first generic version of EpiPen ~health medicine Article 661 words 18 votes
Developments in virtual reality could herald the sexual revolution’s next quantum leap. Exciting or horrifying? That depends on your perspective. ~tech Article 6 votes
Google employees protest secret work on censored search engine for China ~tech google Article 1261 words 11 votes
Quantum physics observed in photosynthesis and could lead the way to greatly improved solar technologies ~science physics.quantum biology.quantum Link 10 votes
A landmark ruling that has granted a casual worker annual leave entitlements has sparked warnings from unions and employer groups that a clearer definition of casual employment is needed. ~finance Article 597 words 6 votes
US to more than double the number of Marines in Norway, strengthening defenses along the border with Russia ~news russia usa norway Article 272 words 6 votes
Canada doesn’t have an inheritance tax. For the sake of democracy, that needs to change. ~finance Article 938 words 23 votes
An 11-year-old hacked into a US voting system replica in ten minutes this weekend ~tech Article 9 votes
What the Oscars’ new “popular film” category says about the art—and business—of the movies ~movies Article 809 words 8 votes
The burnout crisis in American medicine ~health medicine healthcare Article 1944 words, published May 11 2018 8 votes
Vanguard warns of worsening odds for the economy and markets ~finance Article 1224 words, published Aug 10 2018 5 votes