Into the woods!

The Pentagon presents plans to the White House to send up to 10,000 more troops to the Middle East. 1/20

For the third time in barely six months, the president blew up a meeting with Nancy Pelosi, his nemesis. 2/20

Perhaps Trump is just trying out that trendy advice column about being more scarce? 3/20

Out of 29 issues, liberal Democrats consider climate change the third most important issue going into the 2020 presidential election. Conservative Republicans rank it 29th. 4/20

How one of the poorest states in India moved a million people to safety really fast. 5/20

"Islandeering" is making a circular journey around the outer edge of an island by any means possible. 6/20

Four lessons from the remarkable turnaround of Newark's public education system. 7/20

“I never move anything.” Pelle Cass explains how he creates his "still time-lapse" images. 8/20

Extreme pitching velocity defines the latest age in baseball. It's also the source of many of the sport's problems. 9/20

A little goofy data analysis finds a rise in hyphenated last names among pro athletes. 10/20

Can a man make a fulltime living off the sperm donation business? Yes. 11/20

Good art by women is generally cheaper, though the good news is that "the female discount" has fallen over time. 12/20

Mary Anning, a girl among “gentlemen scientists,” was the greatest fossilist the world ever knew. 13/20

As muggings increase on buses in Mexico City, some commuters carry dummy phones to hand over. 14/20

Some nice branding materials from African Aviation in the 1960s. 15/20

"Heritage travel" involves visiting a country from your ancestry, using personalized genomics to design an itinerary. 16/20

Word of the week: A “pissaladière” is an open-faced pastry topped with olives, and also a very hard word to spell. 17/20

The “dark forest” theory of the web says the mainstream internet is a battleground. Perhaps better if we all retreat. 18/20

“Workism” is making Americans miserable. It’s also increasingly the religion of choice, especially for millennials. 19/20

See also: Washington becomes the first state to allow composting of human bodies. 20/20

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