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Extreme precipitation and flooding may be the new normal in the Great Lakes region due to climate change. 1/15
Along the Missouri River, one man controls a network of dams “that dictates the fate of millions of people.” 2/15
A new Amnesty International report says US air strikes in Somalia—ramped up and ongoing—are killing civilians. 3/15
Leaders of the EU will discuss delaying Brexit today, as requested by May. 4/15
The promise and the failure of reparation in the 1860s “should animate a return to reparations now.” 5/15
For the Christchurch terrorist, dreams of being a cryptocurrency millionaire were probably just another cold joke. Bitcoin ideology is not a neo-Nazi ideology. But sometimes it needs repeating. 6/15
Within baseball, it's believed that Mike Trout is "vastly underpaid"—at $430 million—relative to his performance value. 7/15
"Custom cancer vaccines." "Robot dexterity." Bill Gates chooses 10 breakthrough technologies to improve the world. 8/15
The FDA approves the first-ever drug to treat postpartum depression. 9/15
A group of new city apps are good "for making yourself either more aware of your surroundings or just extremely paranoid." 10/15
A new gender-neutral voice for AI is based on two dozen people who identify as male, female, transgender, and non-binary. 11/15
Amazon removes some books publishing false information about vaccines. Do we call that civic responsibility or censorship? 12/15
Emily Post’s great-great-granddaughter publishes a book of “higher etiquette” for cannabis-related concerns. 13/15
Europe gets its first underwater restaurant, where guests eat alongside marine wildlife in the Norwegian Sea. 14/15
A recent favorite website, “Terrible Things Happening in Cold Places,” is pretty much exactly what it sounds like. 15/15
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