Kickstarter’s year of turmoil - Multiple employees involved with a "Kickstarter United" effort to unionize have been fired over the past week ~tech Article 2611 words 13 votes
What college admissions offices really want - Elite schools say they’re looking for academic excellence and diversity. But their thirst for tuition revenue means that wealth trumps all ~life education.higher Article 8803 words 10 votes
The story of Caroline Calloway and her ghostwriter Natalie ~tech social media Article 6702 words 5 votes
European regulators have ordered immediate checks on recently delivered versions of some Airbus helicopters after a crash in Arctic Norway last month ~transport Article 281 words 7 votes
University of Virginia health system sues thousands of patients, seizing paychecks and putting liens on homes ~health healthcare Article 3035 words 14 votes
Sacklers would give up ownership of Purdue Pharma under US settlement proposal ~health medicine Article 1022 words 11 votes
Will the millennials save Playboy? ~news usa journalism Article 2721 words, published Aug 2 2019 10 votes
German fiscal frugality is the stuff of legends – but they have nothing on the abstemious Swedes ~finance economics Article 8 votes
It’s time for Black athletes to leave White colleges ~sports Article 2674 words, published Sep 5 2019 7 votes
As the Veslemannen mountain collapses in Norway, local residents celebrate ~enviro Article 578 words 6 votes
Scientists discover new evidence of the asteroid that killed off the dinosaurs ~science Article 59 words 11 votes
How the MIT Media Lab concealed its relationship with Jeffrey Epstein ~humanities education Article 2669 words 12 votes
How the tastemaker music festival Iceland Airwaves is transforming Reykjavík ~music Article 1232 words 4 votes
'A human need': Australian disability groups say people on NDIS should have access to sex workers ~life work.sex Article 571 words 11 votes
Antonio Brown signs with the New England Patriots for one year and $9 millon after meltdowns in Pittsburgh and Oakland the past year ~sports.american_football Article 6 votes
India loses contact with Chandrayaan-2 mission during moon landing attempt ~space Article 1166 words 20 votes
Baby Trump balloon flies over Copenhagen despite canceled visit ~news denmark.copenhagen usa politics.usa Article 4 votes
In "The Testaments", Margaret Atwood expands the world of "The Handmaid’s Tale" ~books fiction.speculative Article 3898 words 8 votes
Exxon Mobil has agreed to sell its Norwegian oil and gas assets for up to $4 billion – ending its production in a country where it started operations more than a century ago ~finance business Article 103 words 5 votes
Steve and The Don: Smith entering the rarest of air as records mount ~sports cricket Article 578 words 3 votes
How Matthew Lopez transformed “Howards End” into an epic play about gay life ~arts theatre Article 7437 words 6 votes
Can satellite megaconstellations be responsible users of space? ~space spaceflight.commercial satellites Article 1748 words 5 votes
SpaceX refused to move their Starlink satellite when they were alerted to the risk of collision with ESA's Aeolus satellite ~space satellites spaceflight.commercial Article 1188 words 16 votes
Making new elements doesn’t pay. Just ask this Berkeley scientist. ~science physics.particle Article 5 votes
Hong Kong protestors using Mesh messaging app China can't block: Usage up 3685% ~tech Article 526 words 23 votes
Denmark's central bank roundly rejected finance industry entreaties to ease the burden of the world's longest negative interest-rate experiment ~finance economics Article 8 votes
Biohackers are pirating a cheap version of a million-dollar gene therapy ~health Article 1475 words, published Aug 30 2019 7 votes
The Book of Prince: Prince had grand plans for his autobiography, but only a few months to live ~music Article 7119 words 6 votes
John W. Campbell Award is renamed after winner criticizes him ~books science fiction Article 722 words 12 votes
Airbus AS-350B helicopter carrying six people has crashed outside Alta in northern Norway – four people have died ~transport Article 463 words 8 votes
Why Norwegian Air is failing – since the start of 2019 the airline has hit a near-constant spell of turbulence ~transport Article 1115 words, published Aug 21 2019 6 votes
Massive study of nearly 500,000 people shows there's no 'gay gene', but genetics and environmental factors are linked to same-sex behavior ~lgbt Article 866 words 14 votes
After Hurricane Katrina, a priceless musical archive was thought lost. It showed up in Torrance. ~music Article 2823 words 6 votes
Iceland's central bank is prepared to cut interest rates again as an economic downturn is nearing a bottom amid a collapse in its tourism industry ~finance economics Article 5 votes
Silicon Valley is building a Chinese-style social credit system ~tech privacy Article 1524 words 13 votes