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20+ most popular The Washington Post articles, as voted by our community.
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Death by a thousand meetings: How to reduce video-call overload
Years into the pandemic, white-collar workers are still suffering from back-to-back video calls. Experts provide tips on how to rethink meetings.
An ant’s sense of smell is so strong, it can sniff out cancer
A new study on the insects' refined sense of smell points to the potential of someday using sharp-nosed ants and other animals to detect tumors quickly and cheaply.
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U.S. to announce fusion energy ‘breakthrough’
Scientists hit a key milestone in the quest to create abundant zero-carbon power through nuclear fusion. But they still have a long way to go.
The great mismatch: Remote jobs are in demand, but positions are drying up
Nearly three years into a pandemic that reshaped workplace norms and put the power in the hands of employees, the tides are shifting again. Many remote workers are being called back into the office.
Ancient human relative used fire, surprising discoveries suggest
Charcoal and burned bones offer intriguing — if controversial — clues that the species Homo naledi made hearths to light its way and cook in dark caves.
The happiest, least stressful, most meaningful jobs in America
Trees make us happy, according to data, even when we're chopping them down.
For better or worse, billionaires now guide climate policy
Bill Gates, Mike Bloomberg and other ultra-wealthy businessmen are steering the energy transition toward their worldview and pet technologies.
The Washington Post on Amazon
How Big Tech got so big: Hundreds of acquisitions
For decades Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google gobbled up their competition to become behemoths of the tech industry, which has drawn attention from Congressional leaders and other critics who claim they’ve stifled innovation in the industry.
«the majority of acquisitions involved small start-ups with valuable patents or talented engineers, many of which led to products used today, like Google Docs and iTunes.»
Perspective | It’s not your imagination: Shopping on Amazon has gotten worse
Most of what you see at first on Amazon is now an ad.
The Washington Post on Books
Want to borrow that e-book from the library? Sorry, Amazon won’t let you.
Its monopoly is costing public libraries e-books and audiobooks from Mindy Kaling, Dean Koontz, Dr. Ruth Westheimer, Trevor Noah and a whole lot more.
We’re drowning in old books. But getting rid of them is heartbreaking.
“They’re more like friends than objects,” one passionate bookseller says. What are we to do with our flooded shelves?
The Washington Post on Climate Crisis
The planet is on a fast path to destruction. The media must cover this like it’s the…
It will take a major transformation for news organizations to give reporting on climate change the coverage it deserves — and needs.
«when it comes to climate change, we — the media, the public, the world — need radical transformation, and we need it now.»
It’s 70 degrees warmer than normal in eastern Antarctica. Scientists are flabbergasted.
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The Washington Post on Elon Musk
Here’s what Twitter king Dril thinks of Musk’s chaotic reign
The ‘patron saint of the internet’ tells The Post he’ll never pay for verification but will learn to code if Musk offers him a job.
Elon Musk files to pull out of Twitter deal
Musk said he's done with trying to buy Twitter, but it's unclear if he can just walk away without a massive legal fight.
The Washington Post on Health
Young and middle-aged people, barely sick with covid-19, are dying from strokes
Doctors sound alarm about patients in their 30s and 40s left debilitated or dead by strokes. Some didn’t even know they were infected by coronavirus.
The best foods to feed your gut microbiome
Your gut microbiome influences your mental health, heart risk, weight gain and even sleep, which is why you need to feed it a wider variety of quality food.
The Washington Post on Immigration
U.S. is denying passports to Americans along the border, throwing their citizenship into question
In some cases, residents of South Texas have been entered into deportation proceedings.
Analysis | Terrorism does increase with immigration — but only homegrown, right-wing terrorism
That includes the attacker who killed German politician Walter Lübcke for his pro-refugee policies, the Christchurch mosque shooter, and more.
The Washington Post on Jack Dorsey
Jack Dorsey says he’s rethinking the core of how Twitter works
Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he is rethinking core parts of the social media platform so that it doesn’t enable the spread of hate speech, harassment and false news, including conspiracy theories shared by prominent users like Alex Jones and Infowars.
Trump complained about his follower count in White House meeting with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey
President Trump met privately on Tuesday with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey. The meeting comes as the president continues to accuse tech giants of exhibiting bias against conservative users.
The Washington Post on Politics
New Zealand isn’t just flattening the curve. It’s squashing it.
The number of new coronavirus cases is starting to decline as the country pursues a policy of elimination rather than containment.
The Washington Post on Race
Opinion | George Conway: Trump is a racist president
I thought he was an equal-opportunity bully. No more.
Racial bias in a medical algorithm favors white patients over sicker black patients
A widely used algorithm that flags patients for extra medical care is biased against black patients, a study found.
The Washington Post on Republicans
Opinion | Our constitutional crisis is already here
Trump’s charges of fraud in 2020 are not about looking back, as many Republicans insist. They are about establishing the predicate to challenge future election results more effectively.
High-profile Republicans gain followers in first weeks of Musk’s reign
Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders have lost tens of thousands of followers, while Republicans such as Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene have seen big increases.
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‘I just want to find 11,780 votes’: In extraordinary hour-long call, Trump pressures Georgia secretary of state…
In a recording obtained by The Washington Post, President Trump alternately berated, begged and threatened Brad Raffensperger to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s win in the state.
The CIA secretly bought a company that sold encryption devices across the world. Then its spies sat…
U.S. and German intelligence agencies partnered on a scheme to dupe dozens of nations into buying rigged encryption systems — taking their money and stealing their secrets.
The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life
The chorus of technologists who believe AI models may not be far off from achieving consciousness is getting bolder.
Attorney General Merrick Garland to speak Thursday at 2:30 p.m.
FBI agents executed a court-approved search of former President Donald Trump's home and club at Mar-a-Lago on Monday, taking away about 12 boxes.
Opinion | I’m a journalist who stopped reading the news. Is the problem me — or our…
Today’s news, even high-quality print news, is not designed for humans. How do we fix it?
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