When your coworker says it's just allergies.
This year's flu is the worst since 2009—and hospitalizations just jumped, which likely means deaths will increase. 1/17
Scientists now posit Earth's first eon, the Hadean—thought to be "dark and hellish"—may still have supported life. 2/17
To aid astronauts on Mars, lest they solve problems through overly complex solutions, NASA looks to biomimicry. 3/17
Researchers connect elevated air pollution to increased suicide rates among people with mental disorders. 4/17
Trump's EPA is reinterpreting the Clean Air Act to loosen air pollution restrictions on industrial facilities. 5/17
The Seventh Congressional District in Pennsylvania is nicknamed Goofy Kicking Donald Duck because its highly contorted shape resembles one Disney character planting a foot in the posterior of another. Pennsylvanians know their congressional map is gerrymandered to the point of ridicule. 6/17
A new Guardian poll finds most Britons, by a wide margin, want a revote on Brexit. 7/17
Trump has mastered the art of the non-apology—though we'd say it reads more like nihilism. 8/17
Now we are seeing another wave of experts who haven’t thought through the devastating effects on disabled individuals of establishing an ideal standard of “fitness” for a particular position. Historically, discussing “fitness” for anything has excluded those with disabilities—don’t revive it for politics. 9/17
50 Cent discovers he once accepted bitcoin for an album—now reportedly worth more than $7.5 million. 10/17
In 2017, the richest 2,000 people on Earth saw their wealth increase by a staggering $762 billion. 11/17
The maintenance of a list of women’s names per city—the optics of that were not good. Inside the world of Weinstein’s final hours before everything collapsed. 12/17
An interactive taxonomy of music artists shows what you're most likely to enjoy based on what you already like. 13/17
A new bill in Congress could revamp music royalties—artists would get paid sooner when their music is streamed. 14/17
Statistical outcomes of first marriages, both positive and negative. 15/17
In an homage to his youth, artist Andrew Glazebrook creates a miniature 1980s video rental store. 16/17
Video: A meditative, animated short by Mehdi Shiri. 17/17
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