Politics
The Great Disconnect: Why Voters Feel One Way About the Economy but Act Differently - The New York Times
Americans are angry and anxious, and not just about prices, which may be driving economic sentiment more than their financial situations, economists said.
Photography
Photos: The Growth of Solar-Power Stations - The Atlantic
Images of new utility-scale solar-power installations around the world
Media
‘L.A. Law’ Meets Millennials and Gen Z-ers - The New York Times
Thanks to a splashy relaunch on Hulu, new generations have their first encounter with the soapy, sax-heavy legal drama that made its debut in 1986.
Markets & Economy
US economy: The jobs market is strong. Why don’t people care? - Vox
It’s a good time to be a worker and a bad time to be a consumer — the problem is most people are both.
The Biggest Delivery Business in the U.S. Is No Longer UPS or FedEx - WSJ
Amazon is eclipsing both carriers in the number of packages it brings to U.S. homes, and the gap is growing.
Climate Change
Richest 1% emit as much planet-heating pollution as two-thirds of humanity | Oxfam
Carbon emissions of richest 1% surged to 16% of world’s total CO2 emissions in 2019.<
Health/Biotech
In the Gut’s ‘Second Brain,’ Key Agents of Health Emerge | Quanta Magazine
Sitting alongside the neurons in your enteric nervous system are underappreciated glial cells, which play key roles in digestion and disease that scientists are only just starting to understand.
Brain Study Suggests Traumatic Memories Are Processed as Present Experience - The New York Times
Traumatic memories had their own neural mechanism, brain scans showed, which may help explain their vivid and intrusive nature.
Science
Understanding how the physical world works is one of humanity’s greatest achievements · Probable Futures
Probable Futures offers interactive maps, science, historical context, and stories to help us all envision a range of climate futures.
Environment
A Fish That Fishes for Other Fish Lives Its Life Upside Down - The New York Times
Deep-sea videos from around the world show how the whipnose anglerfish prefers to swim belly up.
Culture
Secret History of Alan Alda's M*A*S*H Dog Tags
At auction, it was revealed they were from WWII vets: a Black man from the South and a Jew from Brooklyn. I found their families