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A trade war between the US and China looms once again. Following a brief truce in May, the White House launches new tariffs on Chinese goods, and Beijing responds with more retaliatory tariffs. 1/19

While many US consumers likely won't feel the effects of the tariffs, American farmers and other workers may be burdened with a significant downturn in revenue. 2/19

Those defending slavery during the Civil War used to quote the same Bible passage Jeff Sessions just used to justify splitting migrant families. 3/19

A compendium of known chemical munitions used by the Syrian government since 2012. 4/19

At least four former Cambridge Analytica officials have been working with the Trump 2020 campaign. 5/19

US diplomats' illnesses in Cuba and China remain a mystery—and calling them "attacks" presupposes their cause. 6/19

What happens when an epidemic strikes under Trump, who has shunned health experts and cut critical infrastructure? Expect conspiracy tweets. 7/19

I discovered that the world should be divided not into good and bad people but into cowards and non-cowards. Ninety-five percent of cowards are capable of the vilest things, lethal things, at the mildest threat. A list of lessons from the Gulag by the Soviet dissident writer Varlam Shalamov. 8/19

During the 1980s, a disgruntled Dept. of Defense worker illustrated key Cold War moments on his desk calendars. 9/19

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In early-stage research, gene therapy has been used to successfully give paralyzed rats control of their limbs. 10/19

Psychedelics may help depression and other psychiatric conditions by aiding neurons' ability to branch out. 11/19

See also: For decades, the US government banned medical studies of the effects of LSD. But for one longtime, elite researcher, the promise of mind-blowing revelations was just too tempting. 12/19

Thanks to a 2010 Obama executive order, the Chesapeake Bay is the healthiest it's been in 33 years. 13/19

Bowing to pressure, McDonald's is replacing plastic straws in Ireland and the UK—where it uses 1.8 million a day. 14/19

As CD sales continue falling, vinyl's popularity has been climbing for 12 years now—and hit a 25-year high in 2017. 15/19

Among the domains the bankrupted Toys “R” Us is selling off: burgers-r-us.com, cigars-r-us.com, and sextoysrus.com. 16/19

The history of computer passwords, which have never been and will likely never be secure. 17/19

From the archives: The Heartbleed Bug exposed a well-known secret: Passwords suck. But that’s really nothing new—just ask the Romans. Explaining the password’s past and future. 18/19

Interiors, exteriors, and landscapes bathed in technicolor light, illustrated by Liam Cobb. 19/19

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