The US government and Facebook are negotiating a record, multibillion-dollar fine for the company’s privacy lapses ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 623 words 24 votes
A $300 billion business tax break meant to raise wages is instead helping companies replace workers with machines, study says ~finance economics business Article 18 votes
Yes, the Green New Deal is audacious. But we have no choice but to think big. ~enviro climate change Article 863 words 12 votes
In North Carolina, investigators find ballot ‘scheme’ in House race ~news usa.nc politics.usa Article 1012 words 11 votes
Nauru bans 'telemedicine' for medical transfers in threat to new Australian laws ~news nauru australia politics law Article 612 words 5 votes
The 'nightmare' California flood more dangerous than a huge earthquake ~enviro Article 2031 words, published Mar 25 2018 11 votes
Pope makes unprecedented move of defrocking ex-cardinal McCarrick over sex abuse ~humanities religion Article 534 words 19 votes
Farmworker vs Robot: Agricultural workers of the future may soon be made of tech and steel. Can a robot pick a strawberry better, faster, and cheaper than a seasonal farmworker? ~tech Article 1698 words 5 votes
The happiness curve: Why life starts looking up again at the age of 51 ~life Article 135 words, published Feb 14 2019 5 votes
'Something needs to change': Woolworths drops $1-a-litre milk in Australia ~food drinks Article 474 words 5 votes
Where will the materials for our clean energy future come from? ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1320 words 7 votes
After the NBA changed its sneaker rules, players are taking high fashion to the court ~sports.basketball Article 2136 words, published Feb 14 2019 6 votes
Time to panic - The planet is getting warmer in catastrophic ways. And fear may be the only thing that saves us. ~enviro climate change Article 2865 words 20 votes
When the cure is worse than the disease ~health medicine Article 1603 words, published Feb 9 2019 13 votes
Why humanitarians are worried about Palantir’s new partnership with the UN ~tech privacy Article 1803 words 8 votes
Melbourne Archbishop enlists LGBTI faithful as church tries to reset ~humanities religion Article 544 words 7 votes
Colin Kroll, the tech whiz behind Vine and HQ Trivia made millions in his twenties. He was dead by thirty-four. ~tech Article 14 votes
Solar farms shine a ray of hope on bees and butterflies ~enviro sustainability conservation energy.renewable Article 1010 words 5 votes
The goalie is a hired gun, and he’s yours for $50 a game ~sports.hockey Article 1732 words, published Feb 8 2019 7 votes
Amazon will pay a whopping $0 in Federal taxes on $11.2 billion profits ~finance business Article 9 votes
Why White people don't use White emoji: Does shame explain the disparity in the lesser use of light-skin-tone symbols in the US? ~humanities language linguistics Article 1368 words, published May 9 2016 18 votes
Why do South Asians have such high rates of heart disease? ~health medicine Article 1314 words, published Feb 12 2019 7 votes
Gay couples in Japan filed Valentine's Day lawsuits demanding marriage equality ~lgbt Article 13 votes
Cutting through the claims: the refugee medical debate, explained. What exactly are the changes that passed through Parliament against the government's wishes, and what will they mean? ~news australia politics law Article 1703 words 4 votes
NASA’s Mars rover Opportunity concludes a fifteen-year mission ~space rocketry Article 515 words 13 votes
Unvaccinated teens are fact-checking their parents — and trying to get shots on their own ~health Article 1041 words 19 votes
Critics call on Apple and Google to shut down Saudi app that can restrict women’s travel ~tech apple google Article 615 words 6 votes
"I just tried Google's brand new augmented reality Maps on a one mile walk through San Francisco, and I miss it already" ~tech google.maps Article 256 words 16 votes
Emoji don't mean what they used to - The pictorial language has moved away from ideography and toward illustration ~humanities language linguistics Article 1616 words 23 votes
Green New Deal doesn't include nuclear. Good? Bad? What do you think? ~enviro energy Article 18 votes
Scientists are totally rethinking animal cognition ~science biology Article 5361 words, published Feb 6 2019 12 votes
The fight for gender equality in big-wave surfing, one of the most dangerous sports on earth ~sports Article 8873 words, published Feb 7 2019 5 votes
A country music artist navigates an art form altered by America’s poisoned politics ~music country Article 2662 words 5 votes
Meet the guardian of grammar who wants to help you be a better writer ~humanities language Article 1538 words, published Feb 1 2019 4 votes