Week of July 15, 2019 Archives
RCI -
Other Investigations
Monday, July 15
Inside the Fight for Safe Cannabis for All
Kate McBride,
Playboy
Tuesday, July 16
Facial Recognition Tech Is Growing Stronger, Thanks to Your Face
Cade Metz
,
NYT
Why Don't Police Catch Serial Rapists?
Barbara Bradley Hagerty
,
Atlantic
The Con Man Who Became a True-Crime Writer
Rachel Monroe
,
Atlantic
Wednesday, July 17
The Death of Sonny Liston Still Haunts Boxing
Gareth Evans,
BBC
Merchant Nomads Go to Walmarts, Stocking Amazon's Shelves
John Dzieza,
Verge
76 Billion Opioid Pills: Crunching New DEA Data
Higham
et al.,
Washington Post
Thursday, July 18
Viral 'Old Age' Face App Poses Russian Hack Danger
Hannah Sparks
,
New York Post
Precision Med Beats 'Incurable' Cancer. Few Benefit.
David H. Freedman,
Newsweek
Archeaologists Unwrap History of Chocolate and Vanilla
Franz Lidz,
Smithsonian
Friday, July 19
Lawless Expanse: Big Ways the Outer-Space Boom Outpaces Treaties
Economist
Deepfake Voices to Ape CEOs, Tank Stocks
Kaveh Waddell, Jennifer A. Kingson
,
Axios
Gym, Eat, Repeat: Shocking Rise of Male Muscle Dysmorphia
Sirin Kale
,
Guardian
Behind Wealth Gap: Blacks Kicked Off the Land
Lizzie Presser
,
ProPublica, New Yorker
Saturday, July 20
How NASA Blocked Moon Rock Contamination for 50 Years
Lisa Grossman,
SciNews
The Future of the City Is Childless
Derek Thompson
,
Atlantic
Safe Deposit Boxes Aren't Safe
Stacy Cowley
,
New York Times
Were First Words on the Moon Misheard?
Melissa Michaud Baese-Berk
,
Conversation