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The collapse of Puerto Rico’s iconic telescope - The uncertain future of the Arecibo Observatory, and the end of an era in space science ~space astronomy.radio Article 4123 words 8 votes
The race to dismantle forrmer US President Donald Trump’s immigration policies ~misc politics Article 8205 words 8 votes
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The Skeleton Lake - Genetic analysis of human remains found in the Himalayas has raised baffling questions about who these people were and why they were there ~humanities anthropology Article 6105 words 11 votes
The joylessness of cooking during the pandemic: "In theory, I love to cook. But I am so, so sick of cooking." ~food cooking Article 1610 words 15 votes
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Taking back our privacy - Profile of Moxie Marlinspike, founder of Signal ~tech privacy Article 8807 words 9 votes
Why Facebook can't fix itself - The platform is overrun with hate speech and disinformation, but the company's strategy seems focused on managing perception of the problem instead of addressing it ~tech facebook social media Article 7356 words 14 votes
How we lie to ourselves about history: The You're Wrong About podcast debunks the stories of the past, but its real subject isn't so much facts as the process by which we absorb them ~humanities.history Article 1649 words 11 votes
The flashing warning of QAnon: The embrace of apocalyptic memes is a symptom of hyperconnected societies in distress ~tech internet Article 1383 words 9 votes
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My mother and my motherland - Jiayang Fan on the struggles of growing up as a poor immigrant, and how her desperate attempt to protect her hospital-bound mother was repurposed as Chinese propaganda ~life family Article 9051 words 5 votes
When the world isn't designed for our bodies: A new book argues that disability is a social phenomenon, not a medical one ~life Article 1411 words 12 votes
Ask Kim Kierkegaardashian: Worldly Goods vs. the Greater Good ~humanities philosophy Article 968 words 2 votes
The proliferation of GPS interference is a major reckoning for military and defense systems ~space satellites Article 4138 words 5 votes
The ways that a cheese can go extinct, and the cheesemakers who are working to save them ~food history Article 2411 words 10 votes
CyberBunker: The "bulletproof web hosting" company based in a German Cold War bunker that became a dark-web empire ~tech Article 11 053 words 10 votes
Urgent care from the Army Corps of Engineers: While the rest of the US federal government flails, the military's builders are getting it done ~health Article 6900 words 5 votes
Perfecting roast chicken, the French way, using "poach-and-roast" ~food recipes meat Article 1303 words 6 votes
Interview with Thomas Chatterton Williams on race, identity, and "cancel culture" ~misc politics.identity Article 6675 words 5 votes
Can our electronic ballots be both secret and secure? A mathematician's quest to make American elections more trustworthy ~tech security Article 6310 words 4 votes
Trump, Twitter, Facebook, and the future of online speech - The debate over censorship and Section 230 is thorny, contentious, and, above all, outdated ~tech social media facebook Article 4674 words 8 votes
A highly contagious, often lethal rabbit virus arrives in the United States ~science biology Article 4828 words 9 votes