How the Wolf of Wall Street created the internet ~humanities.history Article 1097 words, published Jan 7 2014 8 votes
As US shopping habits change, ports and cargo carriers struggle to keep pace ~finance Article 1720 words 7 votes
When travel restrictions stopped bird-watchers from visiting the Swedish island of Stora Karlsö, hidden ecosystem dynamics were revealed ~enviro conservation Article 715 words 6 votes
Forever chemicals are widespread in US drinking water ~enviro pollution.water water.drinking Article 1383 words 17 votes
How the pandemic lifted the lid on the ‘Darwinian world’ of Japan’s sumo ~sports.combat Article 1251 words 7 votes
An understanding of Orwell's 1984 from someone who has never read it ~books Article 777 words 6 votes
New non-toxic "green" propellant successfully demonstrated on NASA mission, now ready to replace hydrazine onboard spacecraft ~space satellites Article 749 words 11 votes
SpaceX’s record-setting rideshare mission Transporter-1, with 143 satellites onboard, is a challenge for space traffic control ~space spaceflight.commercial satellites Article 793 words 4 votes
Pfizer will ship fewer vaccine vials to account for ‘extra’ doses ~health Article 1707 words 11 votes
Virtual reality has real problems. Here’s how game developers seek to delete them. ~games Article 1854 words 10 votes
Preserving Egypt’s layered history reveals 'stories of the restoration of diverse locations around Egypt' ~humanities.history Article 422 words 5 votes
The most memorable illustrations of 2020, as chosen by art directors at The New York Times ~arts Article 253 words, published Jan 15 2021 7 votes
Inside eBay’s cockroach cult: The ghastly story of a stalking scandal ~tech Article 4613 words, published Sep 26 2020 11 votes
The unsettling truth of the story behind "Mostly Harmless", the hiker whose mysterious death fascinated the internet ~life Article 4225 words 16 votes
Scottish fishermen have increasingly turned to fish auctions in Denmark to avoid having their deliveries to the EU blocked by post-Brexit red tape ~finance Article 306 words 6 votes
Lucasfilm Games announces that Ubisoft's Massive Entertainment is developing an open-world Star Wars game, the first non-EA Star Wars game since Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 ~games Article 1069 words 15 votes
Nearly 1.6 million Illinois Facebook users to get about $350 each in privacy settlement ~tech facebook privacy social media Article 506 words 7 votes
Electric cars are better for the planet – and often your budget, too ~enviro Article 954 words 6 votes
The scary power of the companies that finally shut US President Donald Trump up ~tech social media Article 885 words 25 votes
Norwegian Air gives up long-haul flying in plan to exit insolvency – seeks to raise as much as $590 million in new capital ~transport Article 7 votes
Hunting pastime spikes during pandemic. Conservationists are glad ~enviro conservation Article 1595 words 6 votes
The lab-leak hypothesis—for decades, scientists have been hot-wiring viruses in hopes of preventing a pandemic, not causing one. But what if …? ~health Article 2597 words, published Jan 4 2021 18 votes
Facebook bans Donald Trump "indefinitely" with Mark Zuckerberg explaining that "the risks of allowing the US President to continue to use our service... are simply too great" ~tech facebook social media Article 123 words 36 votes
The rise of Sierra Online wasn’t exactly a fairytale. Founder Ken Williams opens up about his new book, video game design in the late 80s—and his regrets about selling the company. ~games Article 4789 words 8 votes
Joe Biden is certified as the 46th President of the United States ~news usa politics.usa Article 5773 words 43 votes
The mutated coronavirus is a ticking time bomb ~health Article 2867 words, published Dec 31 2020 10 votes
Alexi Laiho, frontman for Finnish metal giants Children of Bodom, dead at 41 ~music metal.heavy Article 480 words 7 votes
Crying in H Mart: Sobbing near the dry goods, I ask myself, “Am I even Korean anymore if there’s no one left in my life to call and ask which brand of seaweed we used to buy?" ~life family Article 1983 words 11 votes
Experts lay out the criteria for choosing Biden's CTO, who will be faced with using tech to tackle everything from climate change to vaccine distribution ~tech Article 1678 words 6 votes
An RV exploded in Nashville, TN around 6:30 today - police suspect it was intentional ~transport Article 1102 words 25 votes
Apple loses copyright battle against security start-up Corellium ~tech apple security Article 399 words 6 votes
What the hole is going on? The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020. ~food Article 4015 words 11 votes
Why 'accidental Americans' are desperate to give up their US citizenship ~finance banking Article published Dec 23 2020 10 votes