1. | | The wealth of the 25 richest families in the world soared 43% in the last year (bloomberg.com) |
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264 points by helsinkiandrew 10 months ago | 360 comments
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2. | | UK ditches ban on 'legal but harmful' online content (reuters.com) |
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291 points by isaacfrond on Nov 29, 2022 | 438 comments
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3. | | Attempts to scientifically “rationalize” policy may be damaging democracy (mitpress.mit.edu) |
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235 points by anarbadalov on Sept 29, 2021 | 258 comments
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4. | | Where is the scrutiny over FDA’s role in the overdose epidemic? (inquirer.com) |
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147 points by colinprince on Sept 16, 2021 | 113 comments
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5. | | Encountering Thomas Sowell (lawliberty.org) |
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222 points by RickJWagner on March 16, 2021 | 257 comments
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6. | | Weak Men Are Superweapons (2014) (slatestarcodexabridged.com) |
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263 points by skinkestek on Jan 22, 2021 | 168 comments
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7. | | How the self-esteem craze took over America (2017) (thecut.com) |
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259 points by riyadparvez on Nov 28, 2020 | 229 comments
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8. | | 1 in 4 Americans are jobless or earning poverty-level wages, new study finds (cbsnews.com) |
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144 points by AndrewBissell on Nov 21, 2020 | 168 comments
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9. | | NSA Spied on Denmark as It Chose Its Future Fighter Aircraft: Report (thedrive.com) |
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253 points by clouddrover on Nov 18, 2020 | 311 comments
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10. | | Politically-correct witch-hunt is killing free speech (medium.com/sarahadowney) |
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376 points by 737min on July 3, 2020 | 294 comments
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11. | | Behind the One-Way Mirror: A Dive into the Technology of Corporate Surveillance (eff.org) |
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120 points by matthberg on Dec 27, 2019 | 24 comments
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12. | | New approaches shed light on the magnitude of sex differences in personality (scientificamerican.com) |
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262 points by oli5679 on Dec 14, 2019 | 328 comments
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13. | | The decline in U.S. life expectancy is unlike anything seen in a century (2018) (popsci.com) |
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239 points by paulpauper on Oct 24, 2019 | 335 comments
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14. | | U.S. Life Expectancy Drops for Third Year in a Row (2018) (smithsonianmag.com) |
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280 points by EL_Loco on July 3, 2019 | 399 comments
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15. | | Show HN: Z shell configuration, zsh startup files, when they load, what they do (github.com/sixarm) |
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85 points by jph on Oct 17, 2019 | 22 comments
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16. | | The Man Who Guards America's Ketchup (npr.org) |
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74 points by NaOH on Sept 2, 2019 | 64 comments
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17. | | Bontrager’s WaveCel material more effective at preventing concussions than MIPS (pelotonmagazine.com) |
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242 points by Alex3917 on Aug 29, 2019 | 213 comments
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18. | | Inaccurate chart led to unwarranted fears of 5G wireless technology (nytimes.com) |
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178 points by bookofjoe on July 16, 2019 | 206 comments
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19. | | Suggested Topics on Data Structures (2016) [pdf] (stanford.edu) |
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216 points by yangshun on Oct 16, 2017 | 12 comments
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20. | | My Dinners with Harold (californiasunday.com) |
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40 points by hbosch on Oct 16, 2017 | 2 comments
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21. | | What happens when you swipe a credit card (affirm.com) |
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470 points by trishakothari on March 4, 2017 | 171 comments
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22. | | The American Press Is Destroying Itself (taibbi.substack.com) |
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489 points by cjbest on June 13, 2020 | 566 comments
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23. | | Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century, study shows (reuters.com) |
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289 points by pseudolus on June 12, 2020 | 691 comments
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24. | | Back pain is a problem which is badly treated (economist.com) |
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467 points by pseudolus on Jan 16, 2020 | 280 comments
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25. | | The More Gender Equality, the Fewer Women in STEM (2018) (theatlantic.com) |
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330 points by oftenwrong on Dec 12, 2019 | 602 comments
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26. | | How to assess the quality of garments (2014) (anuschkarees.com) |
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991 points by bookofjoe on July 22, 2019 | 287 comments
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27. | | Show HN: Turn your fzf into a live REPL (paweldu.dev) |
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190 points by pawelduda on July 17, 2019 | 27 comments
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28. | | Middle School Misfortunes Then and Now, One Teacher’s Take (waituntil8th.org) |
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194 points by esaym on March 1, 2019 | 146 comments
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