The COVID cruise ship and the Maine fishing town ~health Article 4061 words, published Sep 2 2020 4 votes
Geothermal energy is poised for a breakout ~enviro energy.renewable Article 4559 words, published Oct 21 2020 14 votes
As local news dies, a pay-for-play network rises in its place ~news usa journalism Article 3254 words, published Oct 20 2020 7 votes
Inside the fall of the CDC: How the world’s greatest public health organization was brought to its knees, causing damage that could last much longer than the coronavirus ~health Article 11 058 words 13 votes
A close look at the science of lactic acid fermentation, the process responsible for some of the sour foods we all know and love: sauerkraut, pickles, kimchi, yogurt, and more ~food Article 3810 words 4 votes
Six women speak about their fears of bringing a child into a world that feels like it’s teetering on the edge of collapse - and why they’re choosing to do it anyway ~life.women Article 3289 words 14 votes
The patchwork city: What gaps and overlaps in city boundaries tell us about values ~life housing Article 7832 words 4 votes
'I could show you stuff you wouldn’t believe:' Gravediggers speak out about horrifying conditions ~life work Article 3980 words 8 votes
Buildings and residents testament to the rich seams of history and identity of Kiruna in Sweden are ousted in favour of the profit-laden iron ore seams lurking beneath ~design architecture urban planning Link 2 votes
The tree that could help stop the pandemic: The rare Chilean soapbark tree produces compounds that can boost the body's reaction to vaccines ~health Article 5728 words 7 votes
How a dozen possibly fraudulent and forged Indigenous artworks left Texas and ended up on museum walls in Wyoming ~arts Article 3211 words 8 votes
Inside Foxconn's empty buildings, empty factories, and empty promises in Wisconsin ~tech Article 9680 words 17 votes
The problem of free speech in an age of disinformation ~news politics usa Article 8578 words 13 votes
Taking back our privacy - Profile of Moxie Marlinspike, founder of Signal ~tech privacy Article 8807 words 9 votes
Iron, how did they make it? Part I, Mining ~humanities.history Article 6268 words, published Sep 18 2020 8 votes
Big banks entrusted money to GardaWorld. It secretly lost track of millions. ~finance banking Article 4582 words 7 votes
Thoughts and observations on Apple’s ‘Hi, Speed’ iPhone 12 event ~tech apple Article 3382 words 7 votes
Pandemic spikes in rural states, where small hospitals are already in financial distress ~health healthcare Article 3125 words 7 votes
One year since the Turkish invasion of Rojava: An interview with Tekoşîna Anarşîst ~misc politics Article 13 855 words, published Oct 11 2020 7 votes
How Reddit's "Am I the Asshole?" subreddit created a medium place on the internet ~tech social media Article 4309 words, published Oct 7 2020 9 votes
The dangerous rise of military AI: Autonomous machines capable of deadly force are increasingly prevalent in modern warfare, despite numerous ethical concerns ~tech Article 3551 words 7 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
Despite brute-forcing its way to dominance in many other industries, Amazon is having difficulty getting a foothold in games ~games Article 4812 words 11 votes
Pippi and the Moomins - The antics in postwar Nordic children’s books left propaganda and prudery behind. We need this madcap spirit more than ever ~books Article 3092 words, published Oct 6 2020 15 votes
The (mostly) true story of Vanilla Ice, hip-hop, and the American Dream ~music hip hop Article 10 859 words, published Oct 6 2020 5 votes
A libertarian walks into a bear: The utopian plot to liberate an American town (and some bears) ~humanities Article 3262 words 11 votes
A handful of radical nature lovers are secretly breeding endangered species and releasing them into the wild. Many are prepared to break the law to save the animals they love. ~enviro conservation Article 4780 words 16 votes
Elderly and homeless: America’s next housing crisis ~life housing Article 5037 words, published Oct 1 2020 11 votes
How to make biomass energy sustainable again: Coppicing, pollarding, and hedgerows ~enviro sustainability energy.renewable Article 8762 words, published Sep 19 2020 14 votes
The West’s infernos are melting our sense of how fire works ~enviro natural disasters Article 6770 words 9 votes
“I feel that the future I’ve been working towards my whole life is gone now” — What United States college students have to say about the coronavirus ~life education.higher Article 4450 words 15 votes
We need a new approach to teaching modern Chinese history: We have lazily repeated false narratives for too long ~humanities.history Article 5200 words 6 votes
Hacking Apple for 3 months - 55 vulnerabilities discovered, with $288,500 in bug bounties awarded ~comp security Article 9230 words 10 votes
Post-politics and the future of the left ~humanities philosophy Article 4411 words, published Jul 2 2015 5 votes
From its name, to its hazy origins, to its drug interactions, grapefruit is one of the weirdest fruits on the planet ~food history Article 3103 words 24 votes
Meet the customer service reps for Disney and Airbnb who have to pay to talk to you ~tech Article 6824 words 29 votes