Science Sequencing an anciet girl's genome from a 5,700-year-old piece of chewing gum David Pescovitz

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trees Your allergies are bad because of tree sexism Thom Dunn

statues The last time a Frederick Douglass statue was vandalized in Rochester, it was because of drunk college kids Thom Dunn

corruption Trump administration gave a $700M bailout to a $70M truck company after it allegedly defrauded the Pentagon Thom Dunn

crime Woman points gun at mother and daughter in Chipotle car lot, charged with assault Rob Beschizza

baseball No more spitting in Major League Baseball David Pescovitz

facebook Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers Thom Dunn

unions A supposedly progressive vegan food company called No Evil Foods was involved in some evil union busting Thom Dunn

#blacklivesmatter It's not ok to use the term "slave," and the "B" in Black should be capitalized Rusty Blazenhoff

drugs Today is the 50th anniversary of Dock Ellis's legendary baseball no-hitter on LSD Thom Dunn

Harry Potter Annotating JK Rowling's bonkers anti-Trans rant Thom Dunn

media New York Times opinion editor out Rob Beschizza

tabloids Meghan runs off with Princess Diana’s jewels, Prince Andrew caught fleeing, and Ron Jeremy’s wood, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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antifa Trump's tweets about Antifa show his ignorance of US law Thom Dunn

censorship Read the text of Trump's draft Executive Order about Social Media Thom Dunn

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speech People can hear your gesticulations Thom Dunn

tips Freakonomics interviews Kevin Kelly about his "68 bits of unsolicited advice" Mark Frauenfelder