The Horrifying Epidemic of Teen-Age Fentanyl Deaths in a Texas County (www.newyorker.com)
China Is Pressing Women to Have More Babies. Many Are Saying No. (www.wsj.com)
I called everyone in Jeffrey Epstein's little black book. (www.motherjones.com)
Ghosts on the Glacier (www.nytimes.com)
How an Academic Uncovered One of the Biggest Museum Heists of All Time (www.wsj.com)
Why is English so weirdly different from other languages? | Aeon Essays (aeon.co)
How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger (www.npr.org)
Not One Tree: Stopping Cop City (www.nplusonemag.com)
7 Months Inside an Online Scam Labor Camp (www.nytimes.com)
A man was abducted by a Chinese gang and forced to work in a scam operation. He gathered financial information, photos and videos and shared the material with The New York Times.
What Really Happened to JFK? (nymag.com)
'Endemic' SARS-CoV-2 and the death of public health (johnsnowproject.org)
The Cruel Fantasies of Well-Fed People (www.monbiot.com)
Private equity is devouring the U.S. economy (www.theatlantic.com)
Please be dying, but not too quickly: a clinical trial story (bessstillman.substack.com)
Escape from the rabbit hole: the conspiracy theorist who abandoned his dangerous beliefs (www.theguardian.com)
The curious case of Captain Tom: how did the feelgood story of lockdown turn sour? (www.theguardian.com)
The origins of the steam engine (rootsofprogress.org)
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‘They treated me like an animal’: how Filipino domestic workers become trapped (www.theguardian.com)
California wildfires and climate change is accelerating gentrification (www.washingtonpost.com)
Why Your Name Matters (www.newyorker.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/6369048...
This article is about the survivor of an iron bar through the head (en.wikipedia.org)
An interesting Wikipedia article about a man who survived an explosion which shot an iron bar through his skull....
Singapore researchers discover omega-3 lipid's potential to combat fatty liver disease. (www.theinnovativehorizon.com)
Research from Duke-NUS Medical School reveals the omega-3 transporter protein, Mfsd2a, can prevent excessive liver fat storage, offering potential prevention against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). The key lies in phospholipids, especially those containing omega-3 fatty acid DHA. The team aims to validate these...
Researchers identify link between gut bacteria and pre-clinical autoimmunity and aging in rheumatoid arthritis (medicalxpress.com)
Do Men Enter Bathtubs on Hands and Knees So Their Balls Hit the Water Last? (www.thecut.com)
The bathroom is a mysterious place. What goes on inside varies for everyone, or maybe it doesn’t; we simply do not know. The question has prompted some discussion in the past, and I suspect it will continue to do so until we are all under 24-hour government surveillance, at which point the answers will be known by those with...
New Study: How Often Should You Exercise for Optimal Benefits? (www.theinnovativehorizon.com)
Edith Cowan University research revealed that muscle strength benefits are seen with consistent, short exercise sessions. Participants performing a three-second eccentric bicep contraction thrice weekly saw strength improvements. Daily 20-minute exercises might be more beneficial than a single 2-hour weekly session. Regularity,...