Boeing 737 MAX cleared to fly after deadly crashes forced a two-year US ban ~transport Article 803 words 8 votes
Hear audio from NASA's Perseverance rover as it travels through deep space on its way to Mars ~space Article 7 votes
Earth has captured a tiny object as a satellite for the next few months, which is likely the rocket booster from the failed Surveyor 2 mission to the Moon in 1966 ~space satellites rocketry Article 1045 words 12 votes
Campaign for a Green Nuclear Deal: Forging a new America ~enviro energy climate change Article 864 words 16 votes
The case against single family zoning ~design urban planning Video 11:02, published Feb 27 2020 7 votes
Why do political ads love to feature girls instead of women? Defiant young girls have become a political symbol in a country that fears grown women. ~life.women Article 1987 words, published Nov 13 2020 15 votes
How the US military buys location data from ordinary smartphone apps, including a Muslim prayer app with over ninety-eight million downloads ~tech Article 2893 words 13 votes
Let’s kill the Assembly (Part one of the Jury Democracy legislative series) ~humanities Article 1558 words, published Sep 1 2020 4 votes
The long-overdue hire of Kim Ng as general manager of the Miami Marlins shows what women in sports are up against ~sports.baseball Article 947 words 5 votes
Rapid antigen testing is less accurate than the US government wants to admit ~health healthcare Article 2801 words 5 votes
Not every Trump voter is racist or misled. There’s a rational Trump voter too ~misc politics Article 1550 words, published Nov 11 2020 23 votes
"It is terrifying to face the reality that people with a full-time job have to have a home inside a tent": photos of a Seattle homeless tent camp ~life housing work Article 1892 words 10 votes
Social app Parler apparently receives funding from the conservative Mercer family ~tech social media Article 1084 words 19 votes
"No one is listening to us": More people than ever are hospitalized with COVID-19. Health-care workers can’t go on like this. ~health healthcare Article 3028 words 27 votes
Once the disease of gluttonous aristocrats, gout is now tormenting the masses ~health Article 2587 words 6 votes
Shaquille O’Neal and Kobe Bryant on the 2003 Los Angeles Lakers ~sports.basketball Article 1341 words 5 votes
Iconic Arecibo Dish suffers more damage as second cable breaks ~space astronomy.radio Article 361 words 13 votes
The next decade could be even worse: A historian believes he has discovered iron laws that predict the rise and fall of societies. He has bad news. ~humanities.history Article 5121 words 24 votes
Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Florence, Oregon exploding whale ~humanities.history Link 9 votes
Holiday gatherings devastated Seattle during 1918 flu: After five weeks of lock down restrictions, the city thought it had beaten the virus. It hadn’t. ~humanities.history Link 15 votes
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women." ~life parenting family work Article 4196 words 19 votes
As the racial gap closes, the Democrat-Republican education gap widens ~misc politics Article 926 words 7 votes
ULA Atlas 5 with new GEM-36 solid rocket boosters launches NROL-101 satellite ~space spaceflight.military satellites Article 278 words 4 votes
Minneapolis violence surges as police officers leave department in droves ~news usa.mn.minneapolis crime Article 2854 words 14 votes
Dan Reeder - Clean Elvis (2003) ~music singer songwriter folk Video 2:45, published Aug 10 2017 5 votes
The polls weren't great this year and that was always a possibility ~misc politics Article 2858 words 6 votes
Florida governor pushes expansion of Stand Your Ground law as part of "anti-mob" crackdown ~news usa.fl law Article 1857 words 17 votes
Twitter: An update on the features related to the 2020 US Elections ~tech social media Tweet 11 votes
TikTok can continue to operate in the US, Commerce Department says ~tech social media Article 166 words 10 votes
Mel Gibson's "Fatman" is a great argument for cancel culture ~movies reviews Article 1186 words 8 votes
Thanksgiving made small(er): Tips and recipes for a scaled down menu ~food recipes Article 1608 words 6 votes
TikTok says the Trump administration has forgotten about trying to ban it, would like to know what’s up ~tech social media Article 369 words 16 votes
"The intelligence coup of the century" - For decades, the CIA read the encrypted communications of allies and adversaries ~news usa germany switzerland Article 8446 words 12 votes
John Waters bequeaths his art collection to Baltimore Museum of Art, whose bathrooms will be named in his honor ~arts photography Article 777 words 13 votes
America’s safety net for people with disabilities was never secure. In the pandemic, it’s failing them. ~life Article 2865 words 12 votes
Evidence suggests several Florida state senate candidates were plants funded by dark money ~misc politics Article 748 words 16 votes
The remarkable and complex legacy of Native American military service ~humanities.history Article 2362 words 6 votes
Robin Kemp lost her news job in Clayton County, Ga. — but she kept reporting the news. It paid off on election week. ~news journalism usa.ga Article 1708 words 16 votes
Trump loyalists get top Pentagon jobs after firing of defence secretary Mark Esper ~news usa politics Article 882 words 11 votes