Math is a four-letter word.
Trump doubles down on sending federal law enforcement to cities with protests—and says of the cities he's considering, all are "run by very liberal Democrats."
1/21 | The Washington Post
The Portland, Ore., vet in a viral video says he was struck after asking unmarked feds if they would uphold their oath to the Constitution.
2/21 | KOIN
Whether public statues are art or propaganda depends on the statue and the artist's intent—and it's not always easy to tell.
3/21 | Popula
As COVID-19 cases spike in Florida, the state's largest teachers union sues Gov. DeSantis over the push to reopen public schools next month.
4/21 | NBC News
"The virus is clearly spreading." Math disproves the talking point that more testing leads to more COVID-19 cases.
5/21 | STAT
The director of the NIH says that long delays in COVID-19 test results for Americans reduces the usefulness of testing.
6/21 | CNN
Coronavirus vaccines out of Britain and China have shown encouraging early results in producing immune responses.
7/21 | BuzzFeed News
See also: "Scores of Russia's business and political elite have been given early access to an experimental vaccine against COVID-19."
8/21 | Bloomberg
When dealing with a new disease like COVID-19—the progression of which we still don't fully understand—what it means to say a drug "works" is unclear.
9/21 | WIRED
Chinese companies are producing PPE through a controversial government program that allegedly forces Uighurs to work against their will.
10/21 | The New York Times
Custodians explain how they're doing their jobs in the age of coronavirus—without adequate supplies, protection, or time.
11/21 | The New York Times
"Nearly half the incoming class is still stuck abroad." Hospitals are running low on young doctors because of Trump's visa ban.
12/21 | ProPublica
The EU has reached a massive pandemic recovery deal for its member states.
13/21 | Reuters
A report from the UK parliament's intelligence and security committee criticizes a lack of investigating Russian attempts to interfere in the Brexit referendum.
14/21 | The Guardian
Greta Thunberg has won a new humanitarian prize, and will donate the prize money—one million euros—to climate causes.
15/21 | BBC
Canada won't let the Blue Jays play in Toronto this year over safety concerns for traveling back and forth to the US.
16/21 | ESPN
Using 21st-century sequencing techniques, scientists analyze Civil War-era vaccine kits to learn how smallpox was defeated.
17/21 | STAT
How the flat iron steak was invented: by using the infraspinatus muscle, which miraculously plumps up when cooked.
18/21 | The Hustle
Book lover Ella Dickson is painting novel covers on rocks, which she plans to hide in her local library.
19/21 | Literary Hub
Watch: The pianist Lord Vinheteiro plays a selection of popular ragtime tunes by Scott Joplin on his 1915 upright piano.
20/21 | The Morning News
Otherworldly photos of Brazilian waterways stained to reddish hues by the tannins of decaying vegetation.
21/21 | Atlas Obscura
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