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31. A Year Ago I Put Saltwater in a Jar [video] (youtube.com)
273 points by danso on Aug 22, 2019 | 53 comments
32. The $18B Electric-Car Bubble at Risk of Bursting in China (bloomberg.com)
83 points by kristianp on Aug 24, 2019 | 50 comments
33. When the Public Feared That Library Books Could Spread Deadly Diseases (smithsonianmag.com)
49 points by pseudolus on Aug 24, 2019 | 30 comments
34. Privacy by Design Foundation (privacybydesign.foundation)
97 points by networkimprov on Aug 24, 2019 | 23 comments
35. Best books to learn about manufacturing (booksmartest.com)
131 points by danmendes on Aug 24, 2019 | 14 comments
36. Quantum Interference Between Light Sources Separated by 150M Kilometers (aps.org)
58 points by wwarner on Aug 24, 2019 | 24 comments
37. Cities Are Saying ‘No’ to 5G, Citing Health, Aesthetics, and FCC Bullying (wsj.com)
204 points by sverige on Aug 24, 2019 | 417 comments
38. Albert Stevens (wikipedia.org)
66 points by andyljones on Aug 22, 2019 | 3 comments
39. ADAC and HE Puzzles from GEB (2009) (susam.in)
22 points by mycask on Aug 24, 2019 | 3 comments
40. Why Clojure? (cleancoder.com)
248 points by jgomo3 on Aug 22, 2019 | 193 comments
41. Geneva Freeport (wikipedia.org)
57 points by ausbah on Aug 23, 2019 | 14 comments
42. Apple contractors listened to 1k Siri recordings per shift: former employee (irishexaminer.com)
198 points by jmsflknr on Aug 24, 2019 | 105 comments
43. Statistical foundations of virtual democracy (acolyer.org)
37 points by telotortium on Aug 24, 2019 | 2 comments
44. How Uber Got Lost (nytimes.com)
109 points by braythwayt on Aug 24, 2019 | 133 comments
45. From invisibility to readability: Recovering the ink of Herculaneum (plos.org)
39 points by diodorus on Aug 23, 2019 | 8 comments
46. The Scheme Shell (2006) (scsh.net)
61 points by smartmic on Aug 23, 2019 | 11 comments
47. A literary prank that ‘Hansel and Gretel’ was based on a real story (atlasobscura.com)
46 points by samclemens on Aug 22, 2019 | 23 comments
48. Is Science Political? (bostonreview.net)
37 points by XzetaU8 on Aug 22, 2019 | 25 comments
49. Threading Macros Guide (clojure.org)
83 points by tosh on Aug 24, 2019 | 15 comments
50. Fertility Fraud: Artificial insemination doctors who used their own sperm (nytimes.com)
69 points by turtlegrids on Aug 22, 2019 | 100 comments
51. Switzerland Tried Negative Rates in the 1970s (bloomberg.com)
74 points by pseudolus on Aug 23, 2019 | 68 comments
52. Enabling a permanent revolution in internet architecture (acm.org)
57 points by akshayn on Aug 24, 2019 | 28 comments
53. Aging Shapes Narrative Identity (nautil.us)
35 points by dnetesn on Aug 24, 2019 | 9 comments
54. The Rise of Peer Review Bots (plagiarismtoday.com)
42 points by 80mph on Aug 23, 2019 | 3 comments
55. P99: Preprocessor Macros and Functions for C99 and C11 (2012) (inria.fr)
55 points by fanf2 on Aug 24, 2019 | 21 comments
56. Stronger Than Steel: Synthetic Spider Silk [video] (bloomberg.com)
51 points by pseudolus on Aug 24, 2019 | 24 comments
57. Life expectancy and cause of death in popular musicians (2016) [pdf] (researchgate.net)
38 points by optimalsolver on Aug 24, 2019 | 17 comments
58. Survival of the Friendliest (2017) (nautil.us)
37 points by dnetesn on Aug 24, 2019 | 6 comments
59. Rudyard Kipling’s American years (newrepublic.com)
15 points by Thevet on Aug 24, 2019 | 12 comments
60. The New American Homeless (newrepublic.com)
76 points by mooreds on Aug 24, 2019 | 114 comments

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