A falling rocket booster just completely flattened a building in China ~space spaceflight rocketry Article 622 words 14 votes
China tried to plant its candidate in Australian Federal Parliament, authorities believe ~news china australia politics Article 1626 words 17 votes
Ta-Nehisi Coates: "Cancel culture" has always existed - for the powerful, at least - now social media has democratized it ~tech social media Article 1262 words 18 votes
Inside Apple’s iPhone software shakeup after buggy iOS 13 debut ~tech apple ios.13 ios.14 Article 13 votes
Sweden will become the first market where all Coca-Cola products are sold in fully recycled plastic bottles ~enviro recycling plastics pollution Article 11 votes
How bison create the spring : Indigenous groups are leading efforts to reintroduce free-roaming buffalo throughout their lands ~enviro conservation Article 531 words 11 votes
SoftBank poured $100 billion into start-ups that use armies of contractors, upending the lives of drivers, hotel operators and real estate agents around the world ~finance business Article 3071 words 8 votes
How scientists got climate change so wrong ~enviro climate change Article 1831 words, published Nov 8 2019 20 votes
The Trump administration is preparing to significantly limit the scientific and medical research that the government can use to determine public health regulations ~health Article 1359 words 10 votes
I got access to my secret consumer score. Now you can get yours, too. ~finance Article 1631 words 14 votes
Reddit’s automoderator is the future of the internet, and deeply imperfect | The good: AutoMod saves time and prevents potential mental health issues. The bad: Humans still have to clean up after it. ~tech social media internet Article 787 words 21 votes
Why the search for dark matter depends on ancient shipwrecks ~science physics.particle Article 1858 words, published Oct 25 2019 7 votes
Yang vs. Warren: Who has the better tax plan? ~finance Article 1044 words, published Sep 27 2019 14 votes
The cybersecurity firm Tiversa dominated an emerging online market—before it was accused of fraud, extortion, and manipulating the federal government ~tech security.cyber Article 14 048 words 6 votes
The 1619 Project by the New York Times ~humanities.history Article 137 words, published Aug 14 2019 4 votes
In Norilsk, Russia's most isolated major city, the arrival of high-speed internet gave residents a new window onto the world ~life Article 1759 words 9 votes
The complicated ethics of Tesla's Autopilot - It could save the lives of millions, but it will kill some people first ~transport Article 8 votes
A photographer at the ends of the Earth - Thomas Joshua Cooper risks his life to document the world’s remotest places ~arts photography.landscape Article 6656 words 7 votes
Twelve hours. Four Syrian hospitals bombed. One culprit: Russia. ~news syria russia Article 1491 words 12 votes
Jeff Bezos’s master plan - What the Amazon founder and CEO wants for his empire and himself, and what that means for the rest of us ~finance business Article 11 112 words, published Oct 8 2019 16 votes
Donald Trump administration will deny visas to US immigrants who cannot prove they will have health insurance or the ability to pay for medical costs ~news usa politics.usa Article 430 words 6 votes
The internet is overrun with images of child sexual abuse. What went wrong? ~tech internet Article 4815 words 18 votes
US President Donald Trump pressed Australian leader to help William Barr investigate Robert Mueller inquiry’s origins ~news usa australia politics.usa Article 536 words 11 votes
Where theory meets chalk, dust flies - A photo survey of the blackboards of mathematicians ~science mathematics Article 6 votes
Unprofitable companies are raising the most IPO cash since the dot-com era ~finance business Article 12 votes
Nancy Pelosi plans formal impeachment inquiry of US President Donald Trump ~news usa politics.usa Article 456 words 49 votes
Four years in startups - Life in Silicon Valley during the dawn of the unicorns ~tech Article 7520 words 6 votes
Blame economists for the mess we’re in: Why did America listen to the people who thought we needed “more millionaires and more bankrupts?” ~finance economics Article 1520 words 19 votes
Our food is killing too many of us: Improving American nutrition would make the biggest impact on our health care ~health diet Article 908 words, published Aug 26 2019 11 votes
Facebook’s suspension of ‘tens of thousands’ of apps reveals wider privacy issues ~tech social media facebook privacy Article 483 words 5 votes
Scientists taught rats to play hide-and-seek with them ~science Article 535 words, published Sep 12 2019 9 votes