The New York Times
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Nathaniel Popper
– Jul 8, 10:42 AM
Richard Dobatse, a Navy medic in San Diego, dabbled infrequently in stock trading. But his behavior changed in 2017 when he signed up for Robinhood, a trading app that made buying and selling stocks simple and seemingly free. Mr. Dobatse, now 32…
Image Credits: franckreporter / Getty Images The UK has created 63 tech unicorns in the past decade (according to Dealroom), and it almost goes without saying that the vast majority of those companies were based out of London, the country's largest…
The last time astronauts walked on the moon was in December of 1972, decades before high-definition video cameras were available. They relied on low-res grainy analog film to record their adventures, which makes it hard for viewers to feel…
FiveThirtyEight
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Anna Rothschild and Jake Arlow
– Jul 9, 1:08 PM
For this week's episode of PODCAST-19, we interviewed Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, and a leader in the United States' COVID-19 response. As you'll hear in the podcast and read in…
The New York Times
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Farhad Manjoo
– Jul 9, 3:39 AM
The island of Manhattan is about 23 square miles. Much of it is covered in roadway, street parking and parking garages. If you added up all the space Manhattan devotes to cars, you'd have an area nearly four times as large as Central Park. What if…
