North Pole Why There Won’t Be Any Expeditions to the North Pole This Yearslate.com - Jane C. Hu There’s been speculation for years about the end of the era in which humans can reach the pole.
The Future How a Futurist Sees AOC’s Video “A Message From the Future”slate.com - Aaron Mak Futurism comes to Washington.
Russia The Mueller Report Shows Just How Much Russia Trolled Americans in Real Life, Tooslate.com - April Glaser Among other things, Russia tried to hire someone to wear a Trump mask with a Santa costume.
WikiLeaks New Details From the Mueller Report About Don Jr.’s Interactions With WikiLeaksslate.com - April Glaser It sort of looks like Don Jr. admitted to breaking a federal hacking law.
Mueller Report Why Was the Mueller Report Delivered to Congress on CDs?slate.com - Aaron Mak An interesting choice.
Social Media Police Are Making Tone-Deaf Memes to Build Community Trustslate.com - April Glaser LOL, cops r joking about ruining people’s lives.
Julian Assange Making Sense of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assangeslate.com - April Glaser and Siva Vaidhyanathan Chelsea Manning has been much more consistent.
Equifax The Courts and Canada Are Doing What the U.S. Government Won’t on Data Breachesslate.com - Josephine Wolff The federal government doesn’t care much about data breaches. Courts are stepping in.
Ethics Ethics Alone Can’t Fix Big Techslate.com - Daniel Susser Ethics can provide blueprints for good tech, but it can’t implement them.
Digital India India Is Leading the World in Internet Shutdownsslate.com - Subhodeep Jash Digital authoritarianism can show up in democracies too.
How Katie Bouman Shook Wikipediaslate.com - Stephen Harrison The scientist famous for her role in capturing the black hole image started a massive debate on Wikipedia.
Bring MySpace-Esque Fonts and Colors Back to the Internet!slate.com - Jane C. Hu Even Comic Sans would be a welcome reprieve from the tyranny of Arial.
Jon Snow How Bad Is Aunt Incest, Really?slate.com - Shannon Palus Jon Snow is heading down an interesting path.
You Have a Moral Obligation to Review Businesses on Yelp (Sometimes)slate.com - Stephen Harrison Do it for the greater good.
“Because Science” Won’t Convince Anyone to Vaccinate Their Kidsslate.com - Gregory E. Kaebnick and Michael Gusmano Discussions about vaccination and other science-based policies need to take people’s values into account instead of dismissing them.
Candida Auris The Insane Things Hospitals Have to Do to Wipe Out Superbugs Like C. Aurisslate.com - Molly Olmstead They might rip out floor tiles, reconfigure pipes, or deploy a hydrogen peroxide–spraying robot. Plus, they use a lot of bleach.
How to Scan Your Airbnb for Hidden Camerasslate.com - Aaron Mak Our guide recommends some tools you can use to spot internet-connected devices. But keep an eye out for random bottles of Mountain Dew, too.
Artificial Intelligence How Southern Baptists Are Grappling With Artificial Intelligenceslate.com - Ruth Graham A new statement from the Southern Baptist Convention looks at A.I.’s ramifications for bias, the workplace, sex, and God.
Julian Assange How Strong Is the Government’s Case Against Assange?slate.com - Josephine Wolff Assange’s alleged crime lies not in publishing classified documents but in actively attempting to assist with their theft.
Google Hangout Congrats to the Spammers Who Found Ways to Infiltrate Google Hangouts and Calendarslate.com - Jane C. Hu Leonarda, Dmitriy, Satish, Joana, and Alyce managed to force their way into my Google Hangouts, and I couldn’t block them.
Royal Babies We Need to Admit That the Black Hole Photo Isn’t Very Goodslate.com - Heather Schwedel Haven’t these scientists ever heard of filters, or enhancing?
Net Neutrality The House Just Passed a Bill to Bring Back Net Neutralityslate.com - April Glaser The Save the Internet Act may be doomed in the Senate.
FlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoAirbnb How Many Cows Are Saved by Fake Meat?slate.com - April Glaser and Kashmir Hill The CEO of Impossible Foods says it’s over 10,000.
Albert Einstein Scientists Capture First-Ever Photo of a Black Holeslate.com - Molly Olmstead It’s not really a photo of the black hole itself. But that’s part of what makes it so fascinating.
Do You Really Need a Human to Do That Job?slate.com - Rose Eveleth We imagined a form that managers might have to fill out in the future to request that a human do a job instead of a robot.
Fanfiction Why This Fan Fiction Site’s Surprise Hugo Nomination Is Such a Big Dealslate.com - Casey Fiesler The fan-works site stands out as a dynamic, welcoming corner of the internet. That’s a triumph of its female coders and writers.
House Judiciary Committee Of Course Racist Commenters Flooded the YouTube Livestream of a Congressional Hearing on White Nationalismslate.com - Aaron Mak “This just illustrates part of the problem we’re dealing with,” said House Judiciary Committee Chair Jerry Nadler.
Livestreaming When You Die, Where Should We Upload Your Brain?slate.com - Rose Eveleth In the future, advanced directives for medical care will only become more complicated.
Why You Don’t Need to Worry About That New Drug-Resistant Super Fungusslate.com - Susan Matthews You’d probably be an outlier not to feel a least a bit alarmed after reading through all of this.
