The Morning News

Instead of the First Amendment, the British have the Official Secrets Act, which allows the government to ban in advance the publication of government secrets and prescribes punishments not just for leakers, but also for the journalists who publish the information.

At the root of Britain's ire over US journalists' leaks is the Constitution.
↩︎ The New York Times

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Mexican and Canadian foreign ministers jointly address Americans to debunk myths about NAFTA.

↩︎ Quartz 11m

A study finds that students who learn genetics first have a better understanding of evolution.

↩︎ PLOS 14m

If you'll spend the next four years altered, mushrooms have the lowest medical intervention of recreational drugs.

↩︎ Lifehacker 18m

To wind down your work day: a wordless botanical animation, Story of Flowers, a collaboration between florist Azuma Makoto, artist Katie Scott, and animator James Paulley.

Or, if you need something altogether more upbeat, try "Makin' Moves" by Kouhei Nakama.

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A bill banning anonymous users from using online messenger apps has been submitted to the Russian parliament.

↩︎ The Moscow Times 19h

The genesis of America's biggest Indian grocery store chain—and why its continued success is guaranteed.

↩︎ Food52 19h

Just because: Some very pretty bee, botanical, and psychedelic drawings by illustrator Noel Badges Pugh.

↩︎ Noel Badges Pugh 21h

Outrage in China after a Chinese student speaks out about ditching her masks for Maryland's "oddly luxurious" air.

↩︎ Reuters 21h

If you are a shoemaker and you suddenly learn about many other famous shoemakers, then you have to think, "am I doing as well as that shoemaker or not?"

Author Maria Loh argues that Giorgio Vasari’s Lives of the Artists, first published in 1550, originated the idea that people can be "facially famous."
↩︎ Five Books

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Playmate who body-shamed a nude woman at the gym is sentenced to 30 days of graffiti clean-up.

↩︎ Associated Press 22h

Norway's putting its money where its mouth is with a new 200-krone note featuring cod, aka "white gold" for the world's second-largest seafood exporter.

So a catchy music video—“Torsken kommer II: Torske kroner nå” (“The Cod Is Coming, Part II: Cod kroner now”)—made sense for promotion efforts.

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British police quit sharing Manchester intel with the US after multiple leaks wind up in American media.

↩︎ The Guardian 1d

Some vivid interviews with people who've been struck—or, more accurately, "side-splashed"—by lightning.

↩︎ Mosaic Science 1d

Blind baseball announcer tries to create "a theatre of the mind" for listeners, stuffed with stats and analysis.

↩︎ CBC Radio 1d

Democratic leaders urge patience on impeachment; having Trump in office is "the gift that keeps on giving."

↩︎ The New York Times 1d

You have to think that you're working for a movie company, and you're trying to translate a Western movie into Persian.

Siavash Ardalan, reporter and interpreter for BBC Persian, explains what makes Trump so difficult to translate live (e.g., so many synonymous terms).
↩︎ NPR

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Known best as cocky Gilfoyle on Silicon Valley, Martin Starr's full of doubt as a space gardener in this radio play.

↩︎ The Organist 1d

Economics without politics or history is just a parlor game, shows a new collection responses to Thomas Piketty.

↩︎ Economist 1d

Case of Colombian grad student facing jail for sharing an article on Scribd highlights zeal of U.S. copyright law.

↩︎ Stat News 1d