April 14, 2017

The Houston Chronicle was the only major paper to oppose the Syria strike on Constitutional grounds. / Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting

New hire at NYT editorial board thinks climate change is an American—not a Chinese—hoax. / In These Times

The r/place experiment—Reddit users could put pixels anywhere, even over others—shows constraint breeds creativity. / Sudoscript

Engineers find shoelaces will always untie, but neither of the processes involved in walking can cause this alone. / Economist

Donald Trump’s position on an issue appears to change based on whomever he last spoke with. / Quartz

Suspecting North Korea may conduct its sixth nuclear test, the US deploys a nuke-sniffer aircraft to Okinawa. / UPI

A recent history of how and why US airstrikes have killed civilians or allies—it’s often down to human error. / The New York Times

“I have grown up in the war, and I have heard different kinds of explosions through 30 years: suicide attacks, earthquakes different kinds of blasts. I have never heard anything like this.” Afghan locals react to the “mother of all bombs.” / The Guardian

Finalists from a contest to make Star Trek’s medical tricorder an actual diagnostic tool reach consumer testing. / STAT

A new Chrome extension removes United Airlines from your flight search results. / Drop United

The song of the moment is the impeccably taut “Bed” by Cende, from their forthcoming album, #1 Hit Single, out on May 26. / YouTube

The Amazonian short-eared dog had never been photographed in the wild before. / National Geographic

Like Syria, Libya is on course to become a proxy battlefield between the Kremlin and the White House. / War on the Rocks

The kotatsu hearth-table, a 14th-century invention, still efficiently heats Japanese homes. / 99 Percent Invisible