The problem with stories about dangerous coronavirus mutations. There’s no clear evidence that the pandemic virus has evolved into significantly different forms—and there probably won’t be for months ~health Article 2076 words 8 votes
Charles Coughlin, the 'Radio Priest' who brought fascism to America in the 1930s (1979) ~humanities.history Article 146 words, published Oct 28 1979 7 votes
"ICU delirium" is leaving COVID-19 patients scared and confused ~health healthcare Article 1848 words 7 votes
The people who are keeping the internet running during COVID and how they're doing it ~tech internet Article 4171 words 11 votes
How Jared Kushner's volunteer force led a fumbling hunt for US supplies ~health Article 834 words 4 votes
Republicans are sacrificing other Americans' freedoms for their own, like once happened in the American Civil War ~society politics Article 2311 words 9 votes
Flattening the truth on coronavirus: All your questions about the pandemic, answered. Sort of ~health Article 922 words 8 votes
A US internal report projects 200,000 new cases per day and 3,000 deaths per day by June 1st ~health Article 772 words 16 votes
‘Murder hornets’ in the US: The rush to stop the Asian giant hornet ~enviro Article 429 words 17 votes
Shipments of SUVs wait out at at sea, revealing scope of US auto market glut ~finance Article 13 votes
Why Joe Biden should shy away from challenging Trump on COVID ~society politics Article 535 words 2 votes
Science-fiction visionary Kim Stanley Robinson makes the case for quantitative easing our way out of planetary doom ~enviro sustainability Article 16 votes
Australian intelligence officials have no evidence of Wuhan lab link to coronavirus ~health Article 520 words 6 votes
Anthony Fauci calls US data from Gilead virus-drug trial ‘good news’ ~health medicine Article 5 votes
April 15, 2020: A coronavirus chronicle - Twenty-four hours at the epicenter of the pandemic in New York City ~health Article 3 votes
In race for a coronavirus vaccine, an Oxford group leaps ahead: As scientists at the Jenner Institute prepare for mass clinical trials, new tests show their vaccine to be effective in monkeys ~health medicine Article 6 votes
Many schools are already closed until the end of the year. So what happens to all those missed classes? ~life education Article 2089 words 11 votes
Nearly two years after Europe's GDPR privacy law came into effect, supporters are frustrated by lack of enforcement, poor funding, limited staff resources and stalling tactics by the tech companies ~tech privacy Article 10 votes
George Wallace's base has found a home in the Republican party ~society politics Article 3078 words 3 votes
Seattle’s leaders let scientists take the lead. New York’s did not ~health Article 6747 words 15 votes
In the debate over freedom versus control of the global network, China was largely correct, and the US was wrong ~tech internet Article 2800 words 6 votes
The purpose of Trump's COVID press briefings are to turn politics into a reality show ~society politics Article 1850 words 5 votes
The infection that’s silently killing coronavirus patients ~health healthcare Article 476 words 12 votes
Magic Leap cuts half of jobs (about 1000) in major restructuring, plans to focus on enterprise business instead of consumer ~tech Article 7 votes
Australian, US vessels in South China Sea as China flexes muscles ~news australia usa china Article 1160 words 5 votes
A disaster waiting to happen or a bold, evidence-based response? In Sweden, it depends who you ask ~health Article 1057 words 6 votes
Calling me a hero only makes you feel better ~life work Article 507 words, published Apr 18 2020 17 votes
The second phase of unemployment will be harsher: For American workers displaced by recession, widespread public sympathy soon gives way to moralizing anger ~life work Article 634 words 11 votes