economics A student made a minute-long compilation of the 125 times their Econ professor said "beef" in one lecture Annie Rauwerda
mass shootings Michigan rep. to GOP mass shooting-enablers: "F*ck your thoughts and prayers." Mark Frauenfelder
animals Teenage humans and teen chimpanzees are quite similar, according to new scientific study David Pescovitz
academia Study shows extent of hiring bias in academia: 20% of schools produce 80% of tenure-track profs Elías Villoro
Cryptozoology Wall Street Journal reports on Bigfoot, complete with one of their iconic "hedcut" portraits David Pescovitz
airplanes Video: Southwest passenger shows window that shattered during flight (dramatic image, but no harm done) Carla Sinclair
fbi 90 women file $1 billion lawsuit against FBI for idly sitting by as Larry Nassar continued to sexually assault them for 421 days Mark Frauenfelder
casual racism Students given a Duke University biology handout with photos of monkeys, chimps, and Obama Mark Frauenfelder
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period legistlation Ann Arbor, Michigan is the country's first city to require tampons and pads in public restrooms Annie Rauwerda
Billionaire amateur architect of windowless dorm says artificial windows are better — they can be set to be "cheerful" or "romantic" Mark Frauenfelder
kickstarter Kickstart this cool new comic of North American folktales by Indigenous artists Thom Dunn
Science Evolution finally now accepted by majority of Americans, 150 years after Darwin David Pescovitz
News Trump pardons Steve Bannon, Elliot Broidy, Lil Wayne, others — 73 pardons, 70 commutations Xeni Jardin