The myth of the “crack baby” and Instant Pot wine.
The federal government shutdown continues, which President Trump has taken to calling “a strike.” 1/14
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is floating a 70 percent top tax rate. Some studies indicate she’s aiming too low. 2/14
The men who run college football's biggest bowl games make millions of bucks organizing a single game a year. 3/14
The Stansted 15 protesters, who chained themselves to a flight deporting refugees, face life imprisonment on terror charges. 4/14
“People, not nature, are responsible for turning the natural diversity of human beings into oppressive hierarchies.” Your weekend read: A profile of philosopher Elizabeth Anderson. 5/14
The New York Times apologizes for its part in fostering a moral panic around the myth of the “crack baby.” 6/14
In 1984, the Toronto Star asked Isaac Asimov to predict the world in 2019. His answers didn't all miss the mark. 7/14
Patients in Philadelphia adore a man known as the “Groin Crusher,” who’s held approximately 10,000 groins for about 20 minutes. 8/14
Pictures of women's daily lives from 20 years of Hannah Starkey's photography. 9/14
Scientists find that spiders can sense the Earth’s electric field, launch themselves into the air, and travel hundreds of miles. 10/14
The digital revolution has gotten out of hand, but understanding analog computing—continuous rather than discrete—can help us regain control. 11/14
The wine industry is unlikely to be disrupted by table wine made in your Instant Pot. 12/14
New trends in corporate decor: designer bathrooms that appeal to the Instagram set. 13/14
In case you missed it: Radiolab's Director of Research gives his best tips for finding obscure stories. 14/14
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