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Health

Psychedelics Are a Billion-Dollar Business, and No One Can Agree Who Should Control It
For-profit companies want psychedelics to be treated as medicine; others want them to just be legal. They'll have to learn to get along.
Shayla Love
9.23.21
Tech

European Union Will Force Apple to Use the Same Charger as Everyone Else
A new 18 page directive from the European Commission outlines a beautiful future where everything runs on the same charger.
Matthew Gault
9.23.21
WILDLIFE

These Trafficked Elephants Were Rescued. And Returned to People Who Bought Them.
A Sri Lankan court returned the rescued elephants to an alleged trafficker, and a monk and a judge who were accused of illegally buying them.
Rimal Farrukh
9.23.21
online ads

The NSA and CIA Use Ad Blockers Because Online Advertising Is So Dangerous
The Intelligence Community has deployed ad-blocking technology, according to a letter sent by Congress and shared with Motherboard.
Joseph Cox
9.23.21
Tech

This 3D Map of the Undersea Cables Connecting the Globe is Mesmerizing
A world of information is thrumming through miles of cables laying on the ocean floor. This map will show you where they are.
Matthew Gault
9.23.21
Tech news

Extreme Heat Is Killing Workers, So the White House Is Adding Protections
After a summer of record temperatures, the Biden Administration announced plans to establish a federal standard to protect workers from extreme heat.
Audrey Carleton
9.23.21
tech-science

Scientists Accidentally Discovered Hidden Galaxies At the Edge of Time
The unexpected discovery suggests that one in five galaxies in the ancient universe may be concealed behind dust.
Becky Ferreira
9.23.21
Marjorie Taylor Greene

Marjorie Taylor Greene Just Brought a Giant Scooby-Doo Meme to Congress
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is governing by Scooby-Doo shitpost now.
David Gilbert
9.23.21
Project Raven

ExpressVPN Employees Question Company About Exec Working for UAE Spy Unit
Questions submitted as part of a company meeting give some insight to the response from ExpressVPN employees on the Project Raven news.
Joseph Cox
9.23.21
News

Rupert Murdoch Has Known We’ve Been in a Climate Emergency Since 2006, Documents Show
Murdoch’s News Corp has spent the past 15 years mitigating its own climate risk while giving media outlets like Fox News carte blanche to deny climate change altogether.
Geoff Dembicki
9.23.21
housing

UK Rent Prices Are Rising Four Times Faster in the Countryside Than in Cities
Thank you, COVID.
Emily Goddard
9.23.21
immigration

What Black People Saw When Border Patrol Whipped Haitians on Horseback
For many Black Americans, images of Border Patrol agents on horseback chasing down Haitian migrants reopened old but familiar wounds.
Trone Dowd
9.23.21
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