Blog/Commentary
How to Earn a Higher Interest Rate on Your Savings Through Online Banking | Real Simple
Earth Equity's Kerry Keihn quoted in this article: You can leverage your online savings account to earn more than a few pretty pennies in interest while you're busy living your life.
Alternative Energy
Puerto Rico could build a renewable power grid, but FEMA will fund fos
FEMA has allocated $9.4 billion for rebuilding Puerto Rico’s electricity system after Hurricane Maria. The proposed plan would build new natural gas-fired power plants.
Photography
2021 Drone Photo Award winners capture a dizzyingly fantastic view of the world : Goats and Soda : NPR
This year's best pictures include two friends sunbathing on giant shards of ice in Kazakhstan, workers at a red chili factory in Bangladesh and a white mangrove forest in Vietnam.
Responsible Investing
In a Banner Year for VC, Women Still Struggle to Get Funding | WIRED
“Reading these headlines about record rounds, you have to ask, who is having this experience?” one founder says. “Certainly not the women I know.”
Media
Why this Facebook scandal is different - Vox
Internal evidence shared by former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen shows Facebook has known — but ignored — the harm it causes.
Gannett and the Death of Local Newspapers - The Atlantic
We don’t often talk about how a paper’s collapse makes people feel: less connected, more alone.
Health/Biotech
First Malaria Vaccine Approved by W.H.O. - The New York Times
Malaria kills about 500,000 people each year, about half of them children in Africa. The new vaccine isn’t perfect, but it will help turn the tide, experts said.
Science
One of the largest comets ever seen is headed our way
Comet Bernardinelli-Bernstein offers a rare opportunity for a generation of astronomers to study an object from the extreme edges of the solar system.
Environment
Photos: California oil spill's impact on beaches, wildlife - Axios
The full scope of the environmental damage remains unknown.
Technology
Jony Ive on What He Misses Most About Steve Jobs - WSJ
On the 10th anniversary of Steve Jobs’s death, Sir Jony Ive reflects on their collaborations and friendship: “My understanding of him refuses to remain cozy or still.”
How to Find 'Stalkerware' on Your Devices - The New York Times
These spyware apps record your conversations, location and everything you type, all while camouflaged as a calculator or calendar.
Culture
Red Hot Chili Peppers' 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik': oral history - Los Angeles Times
As 'Blood Sugar Sex Magik' turns 30, here's the inside story of the making of the classic album, as told by the band, producer Rick Rubin and more.
Criminals, other rogue Americans stashed money offshore in Belize tax haven - Washington Post
Pandora Papers documents expose how rogue Americans found safe harbor for their wealth in Belize
Social Responsibility
Chobani CEO Hamdi Ulukaya coalition helps Afghan refugees
Leading a coalition that includes Amazon, Facebook, Hilton, Pfizer, and others, the yogurt mogul is stepping in where the government can’t or won’t.
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