It's the end of the gene as we know it ~science biology Article 2867 words, published Jan 2 2019 15 votes
Must writers be moral? Their contracts may require it ~books Article 1935 words, published Jan 4 2019 8 votes
The stunning chart revealing Australia's record-breaking run of rising temperatures ~enviro climate change Article 564 words 10 votes
Build the US wall? It could take at least ten years, even with 10,000 workers. ~finance Article 1158 words 11 votes
The world’s oldest woman was 122 when she died. A researcher believes that her daughter assumed her identity in the 1930s to avoid inheritance taxes. ~science Article 1103 words 28 votes
The relentlessness of modern parenting ~life parenting Article 2369 words, published Dec 25 2018 12 votes
Life lessons from a lifestyle business - An interview with Matt Haughey, founder of MetaFilter ~tech social media internet Article 2944 words, published May 3 2016 8 votes
Beyond the bottom line: Should business put purpose before profit? ~finance business Article 2801 words 3 votes
'Influential' Australia should join the G7, says London think tank ~news australia united kingdom Article 5 votes
Children of Ted - Two decades after his last deadly act of ecoterrorism, the Unabomber has become an unlikely prophet to a new generation of acolytes ~humanities.history Article 667 words, published Dec 11 2018 9 votes
In screening for suicide risk, Facebook takes on tricky public health role ~tech facebook social media Article 1598 words 9 votes
Thirty-five years ago, Isaac Asimov was asked by the Star to predict the world of 2019. Here is what he wrote. ~science Article 2170 words 29 votes
As a US grocery chain is dismantled, investors recover their money. Worker pensions are short millions. ~finance business Article 3482 words 12 votes
The other side of paradise: How I left a Buddhist retreat in handcuffs ~health.mental Article 4102 words, published Dec 26 2018 9 votes
Washington state officials passed a bill to rename a post office near Jimi Hendrix‘s hometown of Seattle to honor the guitar god. ~music Article 5 votes
How the artificial intelligence program AlphaZero mastered its games ~tech google Article 2908 words 8 votes
A new book describes Hunter S. Thompson’s prescience. “Trump is present on every page, even though he’s never mentioned once,” the author says. ~books Article 573 words 8 votes
Let the fountain pens flow - in this coldly pixelated age, old-fashioned writing implements make a small but meaningful comeback ~hobbies Article 2179 words, published Dec 26 2018 8 votes
Inside Facebook’s secret rulebook for global political speech ~tech facebook social media Article 2772 words 10 votes
‘I feel invisible’: Native Americans languish in public schools ~life education Article 4250 words 9 votes
Mariah Carey song from 1994 breaks music streaming record: “All I Want For Christmas Is You” was streamed nearly eleven million times on December 24th, 2018 ~music Article 6 votes
Remember Bitcoin? Some investors might want to forget ~finance cryptocurrency Article 1283 words 8 votes
Patreon, Kickstarter and the new patrons of the arts ~arts Article 2824 words, published Dec 18 2018 10 votes
Susan Moylan-Coombs to run as an independent against Tony Abbott in Warringah ~news australia politics Article 449 words 2 votes
What is glitter? A strange journey to the glitter factory. ~finance business Article 3073 words 15 votes
We tried teaching an AI to write Christmas movie plots. Hilarity ensued. Eventually. ~tech Article 1250 words 7 votes
Johnson & Johnson knew for decades that asbestos lurked in its baby powder ~health Article 3038 words, published Dec 14 2018 11 votes
Prime and punishment: Dirty dealing in the $175 billion Amazon Marketplace ~tech amazon Article 6640 words 10 votes
Plastic water bottles, which enabled a drinks boom, now threaten a crisis ~enviro recycling plastics water.bottled Article 12 votes
SIPC says it has serious concerns about Robinhood's new product ~finance banking business Article 14 votes
Kindertransport children to get 2,500 euros in compensation from German government ~humanities.history Link 4 votes
He helped build an artists’ utopia. Now he faces trial for thirty-six deaths there. ~arts Article 8586 words, published Dec 12 2018 10 votes