Carl Zimmer
@nytimes columnist. Author: She Has Her Mother's Laugh, Parasite Rex, etc. carlzimmer.com/books/
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Kurds’ Sense of Betrayal Compounded by Empowerment of Unsavory Rivals
Abandoned by the U.S., Kurdish forces are doubly angry at who are seeking to replace them: Turkish-allied Syrian fighters the United States had long rejected as extremists, criminals and thugs.
Carl Zimmer
Kurds’ Sense of Betrayal Compounded by Empowerment of Unsavory Rivals
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Federal Court Rules the Right to Vote in Florida Cannot Be Denied on Account of Wealth
TALLAHASEE, Fla. — A federal court today ruled that the right to vote cannot be denied on account of wealth. Plaintiffs challenged a Florida law that creates wealth-based hurdles to voting and undermines Floridians’ overwhelming 2018 passage of...
38 people cited for violations in Clinton email probe
WASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has completed its internal investigation into former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's use of private email and found violations by 38 people, some...
First all-female spacewalk team aces a repair job in orbit — and makes history
Two women spacewalkers went out to fix a faulty electrical power system on the International Space Station — setting a new precedent in the process.
A million people are jailed at China's gulags. I managed to escape. Here's what really goes on inside
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Rape, torture and human experiments--firsthand testimony from a Xinjiang 'reeducation' camp
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Unnatural Selection | Netflix Official Site
From eradicating disease to selecting a child’s traits, gene editing gives humans the chance to hack biology. Meet the real people behind the science.
Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand free speech in the 21st century | Siva Vaidhyanathan
Zuckerberg’s unsophisticated thoughts on free speech generated a manifesto that can only be called incoherent
A Mexican Immigrant In ICE Custody Died After Officials Waited More Than Seven Hours To Transfer Him To A Hospital
"This is a horrible breach of standards of care," one public health expert said.
Trump picks Colorado Springs author of Illuminati books for education board
A Colorado Springs lawyer appointed by President Donald Trump to a federal education board is a prolific author of self-help Illuminati books whose education company has been accused of handing out…
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Trump picks Colorado Springs author of Illuminati books for education board dpo.st/2MgIQ0g via @denverpost
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Elijah Cummings Was a Winter Soldier of the First Rank
The late congressman's faith in the Constitution was whole, it was complete, and he didn't plan to sit there and be an idle spectator to its destruction.
Trump’s Impeachment Blockade Crumbles as Witnesses Agree to Talk
After vowing not to cooperate with a “kangaroo court,” the president has largely failed to prevent current and former administration members from spending hours with Democrats seeking to impeach him.
2019 National Academies Communication Awards Ceremony by NASEM
Watch NASEM's 2019 National Academies Communication Awards Ceremony on Livestream.com. The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced the recipients of the 2019 Communication Awards. Supported by the W.M. Keck Foundation...
Hubble Observes First Confirmed Interstellar Comet
Carl Zimmer
The Hubble Space Telescope has observed the first confirmed interstellar comet, 2I/Borisov hubblesite.org/contents/news-… pic.twitter.com/yr2dr1TrGw
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Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major Inconsistencies
The president’s businesses made themselves appear more profitable to lenders and less profitable to tax officials. One expert calls the differing numbers “versions of fraud.”
Russian authorities seek to ease fears of a scientist going rogue
A Russian Academy of Sciences official said Rebrikov wouldn't act against regulators' wishes: “I am confident he has the common sense not to break the law."
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Calling embryo editing ‘premature,’ Russian authorities seek to ease fears of a scientist going rogue statnews.com/2019/10/16/rus… via @statnews
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The Collected Wisdom Of Peter Navarro's Fake Stock Market Guru, 'Ron Vara'
In 1992, Ron Vara rode out Hurricane Andrew in his houseboat, “the Patriot,” frantically pumping water out of the craft...
Russia vows to prevent Turkey-Syria clashes
Moscow says it will not allow fighting between the two, amid Turkey's offensive in northern Syria.