China has released audio and video of its Zhurong rover driving on the surface of Mars.
China has released audio and video of its Zhurong rover driving on the surface of Mars. via The Verge
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Nineteen Eighty-War.
As of Sunday night, 152 people are unaccounted for and 134 are accounted for in the collapse of Surfside's Champlain Towers. / CNN Surfside's chief building official told residents the condominium was "in very good shape" after reading a report that flagged major structural damage.
What does the stork say?
The Pentagon has released its long-awaited UFO report, detailing 143 sightings, most—but not all—of which are probably equipment malfunctions. / VICE X-Files creator Chris Carter says the government's new UFO report reveals more about who we are than whether aliens exist. / The New York Times
Zonked.
Rescuers search for survivors trapped in the rubble of a collapsed 12-story residential building north of Miami. / Al Jazeera "It just doesn't happen. You don't see buildings falling down in America." / The Miami Herald More Americans quit their jobs in May than any
A chrysalis of crud.
The US intelligence community thinks Afghanistan's government may collapse as soon as six months after US troops withdraw. / The Hill Related: Ahead of US troops' departure, some members of Congress are urging the White House to evacuate Afghans who aided the US. / Associated Press The Saudi Royal
Week Four: Detransition, Baby
We wrap up the discussion on our second book of June—and it's time to vote for which of this month's books you want to send to our end-of-summer finale!
That side(kick) hustle.
The Chinese government has quietly produced and spread thousands of videos in which citizens deny Beijing's abuses against their communities. / ProPublica Morgan Stanley plans to bar unvaccinated staff from its New York headquarters. / BBC News Junaid Nabi: Vaccine hesitancy and refusal in the US are a sign of
Tuna, or not tuna.
The Supreme Court unanimously agreed that the NCAA's limits on the ways schools compensate athletes violate antitrust laws. / BuzzFeed News A new report finds algorithmic bias in medicine is influencing nearly every aspect of how patients are treated. / STAT "I procured more than 60 inches worth of
Eat your dayplanner.
A new poll shows a majority of Americans are open to a progressive police reform bill. / Vox Politicians around the world are borrowing Trump's "Stop the Steal" tactics. / The Atlantic The Barstool-ification of the GOP could reconfigure its cultural politics for a generation. / Politico Fareed
Brain data dump.
We're off tomorrow in observance of Juneteenth, and will return on Monday. The Delta variant is on the rise in the US, and could further cleave the nation by surging in areas with higher unvaccinated populations—but barely registering elsewhere. / BuzzFeed News How the pandemic is an example