A bikepacking adventure around the South Alps of New Zealand.
For your weekend homebound wanderlust: A bikepacking adventure around New Zealand's Te Waipounamu South Alps.
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A big, beautiful dossier.
Making landfall early yesterday morning, Hurricane Laura pummeled parts of Louisiana, leaving six people dead. / CNN Japan's Shinzo Abe, the country's longest serving prime minister, is resigning due to poor health. / Reuters Trump's speech last night at the Republican National Convention echoed the speech
Stop the toast talk.
Half a million residents have been told to leave parts of Texas and Louisiana as Hurricane Laura made landfall overnight. / BBC News New Covid-19 testing guidelines, crafted at the White House, alarm public health experts. / STAT Usain Bolt tests positive just days after a party where he danced with
Cecilia Reeve's animated video for "Blue" by South Korean musician Nijuu
Your weekly soothe: "Blue" by South Korean musician Nijuu, animated by artist Cecilia Reeve. Via It's Nice That
Week 12: Weather
We've reached our final discussion of the summer—and it's time for you to vote on our August matchup.
Dumbbell in time.
The first documented COVID-19 reinfection has been reported. The patient had a new immune response, but was asymptomatic. / Science Nigeria becomes the last African country to be declared free from wild polio. / BBC News Medical experts say the FDA "grossly misrepresented" its stat that blood plasma reduces
Monitoring that emotion.
Even in the context of recent years, the size and scope of Northern California’s fires are historically unprecedented. / Weather West See also: Useful fire and smoke maps for people living in the Western US: one and two. / AirNow, The Los Angeles Times To study disease-carrying mosquitoes, scientists let
An autonomous nasal swab robot
Behold: an autonomous nasal swab robot developed by a Taiwanese medtech startup. “The worst case scenario would be the swab being pushed through a sinus wall into the eye or brain.”
The only known duet recorded by Aretha Franklin and Smokey Robinson
Carina del Valle Schorske pays tribute in The Believer to the only known duet recorded by Aretha Franklin and Smokey Robinson, who grew up together in Detroit. The duet ends before I’m ready to let it go, a spiraling falsetto line falling from his lips, then hers, then his.
The enthusiasm glut.
The Republican National Convention begins today, and Trump will make an appearance every single night. / NPR, CNN The Republican National Committee won't present a party platform at the convention, and will instead "enthusiastically support the president’s America-first agenda." / MarketWatch See also: What happens when