March sister madness.

McConnell says he doesn't have the votes to block witnesses at the impeachment trial. 1/20

"By 2016, the nation's political map corresponded neatly to the distribution of prosperity." Explaining the GOP's identity shift. 2/20

As panic over coronavirus spreads, it's a good time to remind Americans that they should be more worried about the flu. 3/20

The FDA warns Purell to stop claiming its hand sanitizer can prevent the flu, Ebola, MRSA, and norovirus. 4/20

Contrary to US Border Protection talking points, a whistleblower says his office was directed to question Iranians specifically. 5/20

Visualizations of six government-operated disinformation campaigns. 6/20

Google searches have an environmental impact. A counter shows how much carbon the search giant is emitting in real time. 7/20

When Star Trek: The Next Generation took down tech bros and a future of "algorithmically disposable people." 8/20

Reconstructing a mummy's voice is a viral ploy, and should raise questions of ethics for Egyptologists. 9/20

During the AIDS epidemic, Ruth Coker Burks cared for the dying, and buried those abandoned by relatives in her family cemetery. 10/20

Jason Polan, well known for his ambitious "Every Person in New York" illustration project, and who inspired many new artists to draw, dies at 37. 11/20

Related: "There was no irony in [Polan's] work. His was an art of taking pleasure in and appreciating the people, places, and things of the world." 12/20

Amid the controversy surrounding American Dirt, here are books that get the border right. 13/20

"I decided in my head we didn't have a Beth because Beth died in the book." The dangers of naming children after fictional characters. 14/20

Tolkien felt bad about procrastinating on his Chaucerian, academic responsibilities, but that gave us Lord of the Rings. 15/20

How to brew beer in space: rice, hops, and kelp—grown hydroponically. 16/20

Put the cheap, filling stuff at the front, use extra-small tongs for meat—and other ways all-you-can-eat buffets turn a profit. 17/20

"The pianos that remain in our homes are often more decorative than useful." On the rewards of amateur music-making, which was nearly all there was before recorded music. 18/20

Generate a map of all the streets for any city in the world. 19/20

Watch: Buttes and mesas imagined as rocky, infinite skyscrapers. 20/20

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