Number of nursing homes in the US with publicly reported cases of the coronavirus soars ~health healthcare Article 1581 words 7 votes
Shipments of SUVs wait out at at sea, revealing scope of US auto market glut ~transport Article 13 votes
After six weeks of lockdown, Miamians enjoy first weekend of reopened parks, marinas ~health Article 1156 words 5 votes
The US wants Mexico to keep its defense and health-care factories open. Mexican workers are getting sick and dying ~finance Article 1934 words 9 votes
Modoc County, California, posts plan to lift stay-at-home order Friday ~health Article 836 words 3 votes
Science-fiction visionary Kim Stanley Robinson makes the case for quantitative easing our way out of planetary doom ~enviro sustainability Article 16 votes
Exam anxiety: How remote test-proctoring is creeping students out ~tech privacy Article 3342 words 9 votes
Norway will slash its oil output from June to December of 2020 – the first time in eighteen years it has joined other major producers to shore up prices ~finance business Article 122 words 9 votes
BoJack Horseman and Henrik Ibsen: Prestige television’s greatest trick ~tv Article 1849 words, published Jan 28 2020 8 votes
There has not been a single instance of a child under ten transmitting the coronavirus, even in contact tracing carried out by World Health Organization ~health Article 248 words 10 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
The West’s incompetent response to the pandemic will hasten the power-shift to the east ~health Article 1570 words 13 votes
Bill Gates: Here are the innovations we need to reopen the economy ~finance Article 1343 words, published Apr 23 2020 5 votes
SpaceX to test Starlink “sun visor” to reduce brightness ~space astronomy satellites spaceflight.commercial Article 924 words 13 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
US deaths soared in early weeks of pandemic, far exceeding number attributed to COVID-19 ~health Article 2816 words 7 votes
Seattle’s leaders let scientists take the lead. New York’s did not ~health Article 6747 words 15 votes
In four US state prisons, nearly 3,300 inmates test positive for coronavirus -- 96% without symptoms ~health Article 1388 words 10 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
New analysis recommends less reliance on ventilators to treat coronavirus patients ~health healthcare Article 1087 words, published Apr 21 2020 5 votes
As coronavirus spreads, poison hotlines see rise in accidents with cleaning products ~health Article 12 votes
Showdown looms between Silicon Valley, US states over contact tracing apps ~health Article 846 words 6 votes
Warnings of worsening hunger, malaria emerge as coronavirus cases spike 40% in Africa ~health Article 10 votes
Construction of the world's longest immersed tunnel connecting Denmark and Germany will begin in January next year ~engineering Article 212 words 6 votes
How the virus-stricken USS Theodore Roosevelt may help coronavirus researchers ~health Article 987 words 6 votes
SpaceX's Starlink satellite constellation passes 400 satellites with seventh dedicated launch, Falcon 9 successfully lands on drone ship ~space spaceflight.commercial Article 276 words 10 votes
Severe limits on coronavirus testing in Brazil are hiding the true scale of the outbreak, with researchers suggesting actual case numbers are 8-16 times higher than reported ~health healthcare Article 1404 words 10 votes