A reporter digs into why the government discourages putting conditioner in your hair after a nuclear disaster. / Racked Sessions says the car attack in Charlottesville was “domestic terrorism”—a symbolic term that still provokes debate. / The New York Times Worth noting: USA Today recently used a photo of the wrong
Ahead of today's white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., torch-carrying marchers clashed with counter-protesters last night on the UVA campus. Trump's pugilism feeds North Korea's ongoing narrative that, as the victim of American bullying, it needs a nuclear program. “If Trump or
Google cancelled an all-hands meant to address the controversial diversity memo, after employees voiced concerns they might be harassed online for asking questions during the meeting. Long before CRISPR gives your descendants superhuman abilities, it could be used to edit pigs' DNA to grow human-ready replacement organs.
In 2016, 50.2 percent of Americans chose cremation in lieu of burial; the projected rate for 2035 is 78.8 percent. / National Funeral Directors Association Because there’s nothing quite like waking up to a new tweet from Mr. Trump telling rogue states that we’re locked and loaded
Pyongyang says its attack plan, still awaiting Kim Jong-un’s approval, involves four missiles that will fly over Japan and land 17 miles from Guam. (1/15) US officials say key to a pre-emptive attack is bombing North Korea’s missile-launch sites, which the military has been
This content is sponsored via Syndicate Ads and was originally published on The Software Guild’s blog. Their accomplishments may be seldom recognized, and throughout history, they have had to fight for their achievements in the first place. Even today, their prominence in tech is not what it should be.
Despite his vows not to golf on the job, Trump has visited golf clubs 45 times since becoming president. / Trump Golf Count Trump threatens North Korea with “fire and fury,” North Korea responds with its own fire plan—to envelop Guam in flames—and Trump then returns fire with tweets
Former Obama science staffers are still organized, and continue working and advising Democratic lawmakers. / STAT “Nazi Germany was also defeated. But while its surviving leadership was put on trial before the world, not one author of the Confederacy was convicted of treason.” HBO’s planned Confederate isn’t alternative history—
The draft of the latest National Climate Assessment, a quadrennial report, is currently under review by the White House. The New York Times has obtained a copy of the report, which forecasts average US temperatures will increase by 5.0 to 7.5 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the
Driverless buses debut in Estonia. No major incidents reported yet, though one bus blew a red light. / BBC News North Korea vows “thousand-fold” revenge for new UN sanctions expected to slash the regime’s export revenue. / The Guardian Fodder for your Monday morning quarterbacking: Capes in Game of Thrones
