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The most important news today: On its very first mission, Boaty McBoatface, the submarine named by the internet, uncovers a link between Antarctic winds and warming seas. 1/22
Boris Johnson widens his lead to become the UK’s next prime minister, but his most vocal Tory critic is still in the race. 2/22
A new book shows how British politicians are systematically violating the human rights of its disabled citizens. 3/22
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Danny Glover, and others to address a House panel on “the path to restorative justice” for descendants of slaves in America. 4/22
In another Hollywood #MeToo scandal, eight women accuse filmmaker Max Landis of terrifying emotional and sexual abuse. 5/22
Users respond to TikTok star Sebastian Kretmann's alleged sexual misconduct with duets using Kretzmann's apology video. 6/22
Watch: A time-lapse of a year in the life of Earth, as seen from the view of an orbiting satellite. 7/22
Evidence that humans may have domesticated wolves for their "sad eyes" look: Dogs have two facial muscles that wolves mostly lack. 8/22
A new Twitter account brings needed context to junk science news by showing relative risk versus absolute risk. 9/22
San Francisco becomes the first city in the US to ban the sale of e-cigarettes. 10/22
Georgia is about to carry out the nation's 1,500th execution since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. 11/22
When the chemicals in sunscreen may be more harmful than the UV rays they're supposed to protect against, nothing beats shade. 12/22
Sarah Manguso on the scarcity of books about menopause. 13/22
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"The vaccine is guilty unless proven innocent." How the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program operates and reaches its verdicts. 15/22
See also: One in three French people think vaccines are unsafe, the highest rate in the world. 16/22
Society is already applying genetic advances to law enforcement and "scientific" definitions of race; a study on sexual orientation should give pause. 17/22
It doesn't matter whether you trust cryptocurrency from Facebook—two billion other users might, which could make it a success. 18/22
Related: Facebook’s crypto economist answers another economist’s crypto questions. 19/22
A compact disc revival may be coming—or not. Until then, they’re collector’s items that are in no short supply. 20/22
Suspecting Google of stealing its lyrics, Genius hid a secret in its content—“red handed” in Morse code—and claims to have found Google replicating it. 21/22
A roundup of recent movie appearances by the archetypal evil rock band manager. 22/22
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