American factory [2019], saving capitalism [2017], downton abbey [all seasons, we started months ago!]
Outside - What Happens to Your Body When You Climb Everest
CNN - A Lonely Plea: 'Anybody Need a Grandma for Christmas
Vox - The 2010s were supposed to bring the ebook revolution. It never quite came.
Slate - I Killed My Teenager's Fancy College Dreams. You Should, Too.
Harvard Business Review - Why It's So Hard to Change People's Commuting Behavior
Refinery 29 - Can The Low-Carbon Diet Cure Our Climate Crisis?
NYT - The Gene Drive Dilemma: We Can Alter Entire Species, but Should We?
LA Times - Your $14 salad’s not as eco-friendly as advertised — but Sweetgreen’s trying
BBC - The medications that change who we are
Nylon - What Really Happens When You Donate Your Clothes—And Why It's Bad
Bored Panda - 30 Americans Share Their Student Loan Debts And You Can Feel How Hopeless These People Are
The Conversation - How steak became manly and salads became feminine
BBC Future - The dystopian lake filled by the world's tech lust
The Guardian - 'Like sending bees to war': the deadly truth behind your almond-milk obsession
"A recent survey of commercial beekeepers showed that 50 billion bees – more than seven times the world’s human population – were wiped out in a few months during winter 2018-19. This is more than one-third of commercial US bee colonies, the highest number since the annual survey started in the mid-2000s."
"On top of the threat of pesticides, almond pollination is uniquely demanding for bees because colonies are aroused from winter dormancy about one to two months earlier than is natural. The sheer quantity of hives required far exceeds that of other crops – apples, America’s second-largest pollination crop, use only one-tenth the number of bees. And the bees are concentrated in one geographic region at the same time, exponentially increasing the risk of spreading sickness."
