The pace of US vaccinations is ticking upward as the delta variant drives up demand for shots. / CNBC Your weekend white paper: A study shows Ohio's Covid lottery preventing one infection for every six vaccinations the cash prizes successfully encouraged. / SSRN The mainstream media comes under fire for
According to the CDC, the Delta variant appears to spread as easily as measles and chickenpox. / CNN The life sciences sector is booming to the point that office space emptied by the pandemic is being converted into labs. / The New York Times "The BDSM industry is really big on
The bump in government aid prompted by the coronavirus will cut poverty nearly in half this year from prepandemic levels. / The New York Times Congressional Republicans want to move on from 2020, but Trump won't let his party shift gears. / Slate Norman Lear is a century old and
In 2008, a group of activists climbed into the canopy of a Humboldt County redwood forest and didn't come down for four years—after the owner of the land announced a deal to transfer more than 1,000 acres to a public trust, including the occupied trees. A
This week we'll discuss the second half of Jhumpa Lahiri's Whereabouts. What will the change in seasons bring? More loneliness and misery? Plus, it's time to vote on which of our July novels will head to the summer finale.
From 2051 to 2080, prolonged, record-breaking events are expected to become three to 21 times more probable. / The Verge Whether or not the human body can survive in our heat-riddled future comes down to humidity and wet-bulb temperatures. / Slate The fastest-growing places in the US are
A musician-inventor combined a Leslie rotating speaker and a guitar and kept all his fingers. via Laughing Squid
California, New York City, and the Department of Veterans Affairs announce that employees must get vaccinated or face weekly testing. / Politico Meanwhile, a restaurant in Huntington Beach says patrons must show proof of being unvaccinated. / The Orange County Register France approves a law requiring special virus passes for all domestic
"All five influenza pandemics we have details about developed more virulent variants before settling down." A history of variants. / The Washington Post The very important differences between how vaccinated and unvaccinated bodies respond to Covid. / The Atlantic Now that Covid is endemic, like influenza, life expectancy in the
By tracking marsquakes, NASA's InSight mission has been able to create the first detailed map of the red planet's interior. / The New York Times "Broadcast TV morning shows spent nearly as much time on Jeff Bezos's space launch in one day than on
