Norwegians head to the polls on Sept. 13 in a parliamentary election that has centered on the issue of whether saving the planet is worth stopping the fossil fuel gravy train ~enviro climate change Article 23 votes
In the Afghanistan countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them ~life.women Article 10 116 words, published Sep 3 2021 11 votes
Australian musk ducks have the ability to call you a ‘bloody fool,’ research finds ~science biology Article 706 words 4 votes
Warning of income gap, Xi tells China’s tycoons to share wealth ~news china politics Article 1776 words 6 votes
Why many scientists say it’s unlikely that SARS-CoV-2 originated from a “lab leak” ~health Link 15 votes
Apple delays the rollout of its plans to scan iPhones for child exploitation images ~tech apple privacy Article 495 words 15 votes
Mike Richards out as executive producer of Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune ~tv Article 809 words 16 votes
Virginia school board to pay $1.3 million in transgender student’s suit ~lgbt transgender Article 732 words 13 votes
Female octopuses throw things at males that are harassing them ~science biology.marine Article 641 words 20 votes
US controls on ‘gain of function’ pathogen research have been undercut ~science Article 4641 words 7 votes
Let’s not pretend that the way we withdrew from Afghanistan was the problem ~society politics Article 1971 words 21 votes
He taught a Ta-Nehisi Coates essay. Then he was fired. ~humanities philosophy education Article 2693 words, published Aug 17 2021 12 votes
The inside story of how the lowly PDF played the longest game in tech ~tech Article 44 words, published Jan 15 2021 15 votes
Jan and Kevin Magnussen gathered for a weekend activity that few fathers and sons have tried – they raced as teammates at the 24 Hours of Le Mans ~sports.motorsports Article 1147 words, published Aug 19 2021 6 votes
Denmark now has two Little Mermaids. The famous one is suing. ~arts Article 1259 words, published Aug 17 2021 7 votes
You're probably not using the web's best browser (Vivaldi) ~tech browsers internet Article 460 words, published Jun 11 2021 11 votes
These people who work from home have a secret: They have two jobs ~life work.remote Article 218 words, published Aug 13 2021 16 votes
Images from a changing Iceland – the landscape is undergoing constant change, and the rate of that change is being accelerated by global warming ~arts photography.landscape Article 126 words 9 votes
How a board game about birds became a surprise blockbuster ~games.tabletop board games Article 3843 words 14 votes
Remember when multiplayer gaming needed envelopes and stamps? The history of play by mail games ~games Article 9 votes
Sex-toy makers Lovehoney and WOW Tech merge in $1.2 billion deal as lockdowns spur demand ~finance business Article 235 words 11 votes
Here Comes the Groom: A (Conservative) Case for Gay Marriage (1989) ~lgbt history Article 1931 words, published Jun 26 2015 8 votes
Millions of coronavirus vaccine doses around the world face expiration ~health medicine Article 1348 words 4 votes
Siberia’s wildfires are bigger than all the world’s other blazes combined ~enviro climate change Article 1324 words 12 votes
Printer jam: Serious supply issues disrupt the book industry’s 2020 fall season ~books Article 1325 words, published Aug 27 2020 4 votes
History of the Segway - Dean Kamen's literary agent revisits the story twenty years later to reflect on his contribution to the invention's hype and failure ~tech Article 9978 words, published Aug 1 2021 3 votes
Sophie Zhang risked everything to expose how Facebook enables global political manipulation. Now she’s telling her story. ~tech facebook social media Article 3493 words 14 votes
San Francisco restaurant's $72 fried rice was a runaway hit. It was also the chef's nightmare. ~food restaurants Article 1450 words 15 votes
Want to get rid of San Francisco's most toxic monument to racism and segregation? End single-family zoning. ~design urban planning Article 1145 words, published Aug 1 2021 14 votes
Stop saying print journalism is dead. Sixty magazines launched during this crazy year ~news journalism.print Article 925 words 10 votes
Is Glenn Greenwald the new master of right-wing media? ~news journalism Article 3681 words, published Jun 2 2021 6 votes
How Foucault was shielded from scandal by French reverence for intellectuals ~humanities.history Article 1307 words 6 votes
More development would ruin our neighborhood’s character and that character is systemic racism ~life Article 580 words, published Jul 28 2021 18 votes
Hollywood reaps the rewards of becoming more diverse: Films with a diverse cast tend to outperform the rest ~movies Article 623 words 9 votes
How the long-dead public-television painter Bob Ross became a streaming phenomenon (and kicked up plenty of dirt in the process) ~tv Article 3302 words 9 votes
Scientists now think that being overweight can protect your health ~health Article 1528 words, published Nov 17 2015 4 votes