Canadian literary prize suspended after finalists object to Amazon sponsorship ~books literature Article 417 words 10 votes
Sackler family members face mass litigation, criminal investigations over opioids crisis ~health medicine Article 1719 words 7 votes
Magnus Carlsen vs Fabiano Caruana, world chess championship match - game one ends in a draw ~games.tabletop Article 1035 words 11 votes
Japan cybersecurity minister admits he has never used a computer ~tech security.cyber Article 510 words 25 votes
Iceland supermarket chain to let loose animatronic orangutan after Christmas ad ban ~enviro conservation Article 9 votes
Facebook reportedly discredited critics by linking them to George Soros ~tech social media facebook Article 718 words 19 votes
Pretentious, impenetrable, hard work ... better? Why we need difficult books. ~books fiction Article 3474 words, published Nov 10 2018 7 votes
Czech PM's future hangs in balance after son's kidnap claims ~news politics russia czech republic crime Article 644 words 5 votes
Dan Barber: 'Twenty years from now you’ll be eating fast food crickets' ~food restaurants Article 1733 words 6 votes
Melbourne Bourke Street incident: Police confirm assailant dead after 'terror' attack - live updates ~news australia.vic.melbourne crime Article 10 votes
The Gauls really did embalm the severed heads of enemies, research shows ~humanities.history Article 5 votes
Electrical stimulation allows paralysed patients to walk short distances ~health medicine Article 768 words 7 votes
Electric fences and armed patrols: on the frontline of New Zealand's avocado war ~food Article 1134 words 8 votes
Dulwich Hamlet: The improbable tale of a tiny football club that lost its home to developers – and won it back ~sports.football Article 7512 words 4 votes
Ban entire pesticide class (organophosphates) to protect children's health, experts say ~health Article 5 votes
Unsinkable idea: Australian billionaire refloats dream to build Titanic II ~transport Article 739 words 7 votes
Guns and guards to be removed from Korean 'truce village' of Panmunjom ~news north korea south korea Article 492 words 5 votes
Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro threatens purge of leftwing 'outlaws' ~news politics Article 970 words 8 votes
One man’s (very polite) fight against media Islamophobia ~humanities religion Article 6523 words 5 votes
UK scientists turn coffee industry waste into electricity ~enviro energy.renewable Article 413 words 7 votes
How to study abusers: Should reading lists come with a content warning? ~humanities education.higher Article 814 words, published Sep 25 2018 12 votes
Growing up in a house full of books is major boost to literacy and numeracy, study finds ~books Article 620 words 15 votes
Desire paths: The illicit trails that defy the urban planners ~design architecture urban planning Article 957 words 23 votes
Scientists say halting deforestation 'just as urgent' as reducing emissions ~enviro climate change Article 667 words 26 votes
'Don't touch my Vespa!' Why Genoa is threatening to ban its icon of cool ~transport Article 1632 words 7 votes
Why the UFC's 'sportswashing' of Chechnya’s dictator is a problem ~sports.combat Article 1144 words 10 votes
US President Donald Trump urges world to reject globalism in UN speech that draws mocking laughter ~news usa politics.usa Article 186 words 36 votes
EU, China and Russia in move to sidestep US sanctions on Iran ~news iran china russia usa politics.usa Article 746 words 7 votes
As Comcast takes control of Sky, Rupert Murdoch could yet bounce back. Mogul’s influence on worldwide news is unlikely to be weakened by latest defeat. ~news journalism Article 1057 words 5 votes
The business of voluntourism: do western do-gooders actually do harm? ~life work Article 5309 words, published Sep 13 2018 13 votes
Wizards, Moomins and pirates: The magic and mystery of literary maps ~books literature Article 2024 words 8 votes
NHS beats drug companies in £100m Avastin battle ~health healthcare medicine Article 508 words 5 votes
'For me, this is paradise': Life in the Spanish city that banned cars ~transport Article 1331 words 14 votes
Olympics unlikely to be bridge too far for eSports if the money is right ~sports Article 1027 words 6 votes
Scientific publishing is a rip-off. We fund the research – it should be free ~science Article 1106 words 28 votes
GCHQ data collection violated human rights, Strasbourg court rules. Spies breached right to privacy in programme revealed by Edward Snowden, judges say ~tech privacy Article 10 votes
Neil Gaiman and Chris Riddell on why we need libraries – an essay in pictures ~books libraries Article 9 votes