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politics Facebook studied how it polarizes users, then ignored the research Xeni Jardin

animals Dogs will obey commands from social robots David Pescovitz

politics Coronavirus whistleblower Dr. Rick Bright to testify before House health committee on May 14 Xeni Jardin

COVID-19 Politico asked 34 big thinkers to predict how the coronapocalypse will permanently change our world Gareth Branwyn

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Business Twitter bans posts that 'dehumanize' people for diseases like coronavirus Xeni Jardin

fbi One of the jurors who convicted Whitey Bulger started up a strange pen pal friendship with him Thom Dunn

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evolution Some wasps have evolved to recognize and remember faces Thom Dunn

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graeber Banks have returned to the pre-2008 world of automatic credit-limit increases for credit cards used by already indebted people Cory Doctorow