The deep sea is filled with treasure, but it comes at a price(newyorker.com)

41 points by thunderbong 2 years ago | 31 comments

Poisons and Perils on the Salton Sea(scientificamerican.com)

16 points by jelliclesfarm 3 years ago | 3 comments

Natural beekeepers are the radical dissenters of apiculture(newyorker.com)

84 points by fortran77 3 years ago | 144 comments

The magnificence of the bluefin tuna(newyorker.com)

87 points by Petiver 3 years ago | 61 comments

Carl Linnaeus Set Out to Label All of Life(newyorker.com)

40 points by Petiver 3 years ago | 13 comments

What Is a Weed?(newyorker.com)

34 points by andsoitis 3 years ago | 37 comments

FDA may allow some toxic chemicals to be added to food without safety review(theguardian.com)

118 points by NewJazz 16 days ago | 59 comments

Guardian analysis on an FDA proposal to expand a loophole letting some toxic, non-carcinogenic chemicals be added to food without safety review.

The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances(npr.org)

396 points by ChrisArchitect 2 years ago | 173 comments

NPR news article reporting the EPA's proposal to designate PFAS 'forever chemicals' as hazardous substances.

America underestimates the difficulty of bringing manufacturing back(molsonhart.com)

521 points by putzdown 1 year ago | 697 comments

Blog post by Molson Hart arguing that the April 2025 US tariffs underestimate how hard it is to bring manufacturing back to America.

Artificial intelligence is losing hype(economist.com)

453 points by bx376 2 years ago | 663 comments

An Economist Free exchange column arguing that artificial intelligence is losing hype and asking whether that signals the technology will eventually succeed.

Americans are spending billions on stuff they forget to cancel(wsj.com)

352 points by hhs 2 years ago | 567 comments

Wall Street Journal article about Americans spending billions on subscriptions such as streaming services that they forget to cancel.

Nitrile and latex gloves may cause overestimation of microplastics(news.umich.edu)

537 points by giuliomagnifico 7 months ago | 242 comments

University of Michigan news release on a study finding nitrile and latex gloves can contaminate samples and cause overestimation of microplastics.