Theories on why there don't seem to be as many serial killers today, compared to the latter half of the 20th century.

Ambient composer Harold Budd has died at 84 from Covid-19. Here is "First Light," from The Plateaux of Mirror with Brian Eno.

"In...other fields of science, women do not have roles nearly as prominent as they do right now in vaccine development."
An interactive explanation of how camera lenses work.
Of the 9% of US adults who are confident they can tell if a news org does its own reporting, 23% could not do so correctly.

He quickly began bragging on Snapchat that President Trump had tweeted about his fake account. “My friend was joking, ‘Maybe he’s not close with his sister, and you just brought him and his sister a lot closer,’” he said. “So I kind of felt good about that.”

A Trump supporter impersonated Trump family members on Twitter, and appears to have finally fooled the president as well.

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"I’m worried students will take on more loans, only to re-enter a compromised labor market." How 2020 could worsen the wealth gap.
Because more than half of Trump's votes came from states he lost, most Trump voters won't be represented in the electoral college.
A sign of what's to come: Anti-vaxxers are spreading lies about the grandmother from the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine program.
The richest 1% produces twice the carbon emissions of the poorest 50%—and must reduce their footprints by a factor of 30.
Heartbreaking letters to Santa show how hard the pandemic has been on some children.
One big problem with a two-dose Covid-19 vaccine is that more than half of people fail to take the second dose of a vaccine.

“It’s just amazing that nurses have gone from the number one trusted profession in the United States to now realizing that there’s this subsection of the population that thinks we’re trying to kill everyone.”

Disinformation is not going away. Blame Facebook, Twitter, Trump, but don’t forget your fellow Americans.

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The latest drone technology, enabling police to track vehicles and people automatically, is raising civil liberties concerns.
Hawaii's beaches have become a battleground for sandbags, wealthy surfers, and "unauthorized burritos" (not what you think).

It is so important to put a face to the science. When we talk about how coronavirus has disproportionately impacted Black and Brown lives, I oftentimes point to my own story.

A Black physician explains why she joined a vaccine trial after her scientist father died from Covid.

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More than thirty percent of African Americans know an individual that died from Covid-19.
Can you figure out which states are missing? We'll be honest, it took us a minute.