Top Hackernews posts from www.npr.org

1. U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests (www.npr.org)
   1986 points by fortran77 over 5 years | 2422 comments
2. Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut, has died (www.npr.org)
   1252 points by edwinbalani over 5 years | 180 comments
3. Facebook Whistleblower Leaks Thousands of Pages of Incriminating Internal Docs (www.npr.org)
   1143 points by sizzle almost 5 years | 692 comments
4. 50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to Blame Fat (2016) (www.npr.org)
   789 points by mgh2 over 5 years | 460 comments
5. James Webb telescope reaches its final destination in space, million miles away (www.npr.org)
   754 points by pseudolus over 4 years | 342 comments
6. The FDA wants you to be able to buy a hearing aid without a prescription (www.npr.org)
   744 points by cf100clunk almost 5 years | 448 comments
7. More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest numbers in 50 years (www.npr.org)
   717 points by Takizawamura over 4 years | 1129 comments
8. Facebook is pushing back on Apple’s new iPhone privacy rules (www.npr.org)
   623 points by pedro-guimaraes over 5 years | 706 comments
9. Health concerns grow in East Palestine, Ohio, after train derailment (www.npr.org)
   611 points by Jimmc414 over 3 years | 559 comments
10. CRISPR gene-editing breakthrough opens door to treating broad array of diseases (www.npr.org)
    600 points by hassanahmad about 5 years | 234 comments
11. Missing businesswoman urges ex-husband not to publish book critical of China (www.npr.org)
    590 points by ilamont about 5 years | 291 comments
12. 4-day workweek boosted workers' productivity by 40%, Microsoft Japan says (www.npr.org)
    587 points by evo_9 over 5 years | 199 comments
13. Southwest cancels 5,400 flights in less than 48 hours (www.npr.org)
    584 points by edward over 3 years | 570 comments
14. Allan McDonald refused to approve Challenger launch, exposed cover-up (2021) (www.npr.org)
    562 points by EndXA about 2 years | 391 comments
15. Many believe it's time to do away with lawmakers making stock trades (www.npr.org)
    557 points by DocFeind almost 5 years | 221 comments
16. NTSB says Boeing is withholding key details about door plug on Alaska 737 MAX 9 (www.npr.org)
    544 points by everybodyknows over 2 years | 319 comments
17. Whistleblower to Congress: Facebook products harm kids and democracy (www.npr.org)
    525 points by mmastrac almost 5 years | 688 comments
18. Perennial rice: Plant once, harvest again and again (www.npr.org)
    510 points by colinprince over 3 years | 289 comments
19. An AI lawyer was set to argue in court – real lawyers shut it down (www.npr.org)
    484 points by isaacfrond over 3 years | 686 comments
20. New carnivorous plant discovered in Pacific Northwest (www.npr.org)
    480 points by bryan0 about 5 years | 101 comments
21. Nature has enormous emotional and cognitive benefits on people (www.npr.org)
    460 points by happy-go-lucky over 4 years | 294 comments
22. The EPA is proposing that 'forever chemicals' be considered hazardous substances (www.npr.org)
    449 points by ChrisArchitect over 2 years | 223 comments
23. Restaurant workers quit at record rate (www.npr.org)
    446 points by boulos about 5 years | 928 comments
24. FB users buying Oculus VR headsets to get customer service prioritization (www.npr.org)
    445 points by coloneltcb about 5 years | 340 comments
25. Illinois first state to tell police they can't lie to minors in interrogations (www.npr.org)
    435 points by pseudolus about 5 years | 303 comments
26. A 4-year-old can run errands alone and not just on reality TV (www.npr.org)
    434 points by JTbane over 4 years | 534 comments
27. Skimpflation: A reason inflation is worse than the government says it is (www.npr.org)
    429 points by fortran77 almost 5 years | 498 comments
28. California sues Activision Blizzard over unequal pay, sexual harassment (www.npr.org)
    424 points by cyb_ about 5 years | 462 comments
29. Study: 61 UK firms tried a 4-day workweek and after a year, they still love it (www.npr.org)
    424 points by giuliomagnifico over 2 years | 297 comments
30. 8-Year-Old Calls Out NPR for Lack of Dinosaur Stories (www.npr.org)
    418 points by sharkweek over 5 years | 185 comments
31. It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answered the ultimate question (www.npr.org)
    418 points by geox almost 5 years | 131 comments
32. Satellite finds methane leaks from gas pipelines (www.npr.org)
    417 points by pseudolus over 4 years | 351 comments
33. NPR suspends veteran editor as it grapples with his public criticism (www.npr.org)
    406 points by RickJWagner over 2 years | 829 comments
34. The Great Resignation? More Like the Great Renegotiation (www.npr.org)
    396 points by PandaRider over 4 years | 497 comments
35. Researchers, lawmakers want Facebook's mental health research (www.npr.org)
    388 points by tareqak over 5 years | 219 comments
36. Illinois Is the First State to Have High Schools Teach News Literacy (www.npr.org)
    383 points by geox about 5 years | 438 comments
37. LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees (www.npr.org)
    381 points by cebert almost 3 years | 315 comments
38. U.S. military-run slot machines earn $100M a year from service members (www.npr.org)
    380 points by geox over 3 years | 263 comments
39. University of Florida bars professors from testifying in a voting rights case (www.npr.org)
    379 points by BrianOnHN almost 5 years | 450 comments
40. What is ranked-choice voting and why is New York using it? (www.npr.org)
    373 points by elsewhen about 5 years | 463 comments
41. Police raid of a Kansas newsroom raises alarms about violations of press freedom (www.npr.org)
    367 points by bratgpttamer about 3 years | 146 comments
42. 3M reaches $10.3B settlement over PFAS contamination of water systems (www.npr.org)
    367 points by Jimmc414 about 3 years | 333 comments
43. Colorado 'solar garden' is a farm under solar panels (www.npr.org)
    355 points by akeck almost 5 years | 270 comments
44. As the Pandemic Recedes, Millions of Workers Are Saying 'I Quit' (www.npr.org)
    355 points by pseudolus about 5 years | 321 comments
45. PG&E will bury 10k miles of power lines so they don't spark wildfires (www.npr.org)
    353 points by boulos about 5 years | 283 comments
46. 'Arthur,' the longest-running kids animated series, is ending (www.npr.org)
    346 points by samizdis about 5 years | 167 comments
47. Amazon Warehouse Workers to Decide Whether to Form Company's First U.S. Union (www.npr.org)
    343 points by jimmy2020 over 5 years | 362 comments
48. NASA can't figure out what's causing computer issues on the Hubble telescope (www.npr.org)
    342 points by fortran77 about 5 years | 320 comments
49. The skilled trades haven't caught as a career choice with Gen Z (www.npr.org)
    337 points by rntn over 3 years | 876 comments
50. The U.S. government may finally mandate safer table saws (www.npr.org)
    335 points by walterbell over 2 years | 756 comments
51. Judge refuses to reinstate Parler after Amazon shut it down (www.npr.org)
    332 points by eu over 5 years | 599 comments
52. Experts Have Resigned from an FDA Committee over Alzheimer's Drug Approval (www.npr.org)
    319 points by busymom0 almost 5 years | 146 comments
53. Overwork contributes to 745k premature deaths per year (www.npr.org)
    312 points by user_235711 over 5 years | 201 comments
54. The appendix is not, in fact, useless (www.npr.org)
    309 points by Digit-Al over 2 years | 157 comments
55. The Story of the SolarWinds Hack (www.npr.org)
    305 points by bokchoi over 5 years | 129 comments
56. The Sackler Family Wins Immunity from Future Opioid Lawsuits (www.npr.org)
    304 points by AndrewBissell about 5 years | 247 comments
57. An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for tinnitus (www.npr.org)
    303 points by andsoitis over 2 years | 178 comments
58. New York Public Library ends all late fees (www.npr.org)
    300 points by EastOfTruth almost 5 years | 244 comments
59. The FBI alleges TikTok poses national security concerns (www.npr.org)
    298 points by clockworksoul almost 4 years | 418 comments
60. Senate Unanimously Approves a Bill to Make Juneteenth a Public Holiday (www.npr.org)
    296 points by erehweb over 5 years | 286 comments
61. What happens to our breath when we type, tap, scroll (www.npr.org)
    289 points by nequo over 2 years | 130 comments
62. Lost John Coltrane recording, from experimental phase with Eric Dolphy, emerges (www.npr.org)
    287 points by incomprehension over 3 years | 52 comments
63. Ex-Google workers sue company, saying it betrayed 'Don't Be Evil' motto (www.npr.org)
    285 points by authed almost 5 years | 204 comments
64. Google and Facebook mandate vaccines for employees at U.S. offices (www.npr.org)
    283 points by daenz about 5 years | 661 comments
65. Identical twins both grew up with autism, but took different paths (www.npr.org)
    283 points by chapulin over 2 years | 203 comments
66. Power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics (www.npr.org)
    279 points by danso over 3 years | 103 comments
67. After 50 years of the war on drugs, 'what good is it doing for us?' (www.npr.org)
    275 points by samizdis over 5 years | 338 comments
68. Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of U.S. train travel (www.npr.org)
    275 points by Tomte over 5 years | 573 comments
69. Barcelona’s Bicibús: hundreds of families biking to school together (www.npr.org)
    274 points by crousto almost 5 years | 179 comments
70. Videos show Turkey's Erdogan boasted letting builders avoid earthquake codes (www.npr.org)
    274 points by Zigurd over 3 years | 89 comments
71. DOJ Seeks To Block Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Deal (www.npr.org)
    272 points by randycupertino about 5 years | 91 comments
72. Deaf Man Who Couldn't Hear Police Commands Was Tased and Spent 4 Months in Jail (www.npr.org)
    259 points by amin almost 5 years | 197 comments
73. The dating app paradox (www.npr.org)
    251 points by zwieback over 2 years | 542 comments
74. Barry Diller: The movie business as before is finished and will never come back (www.npr.org)
    249 points by danso about 5 years | 479 comments
75. 'Financial Times' Issues 103-Year-Old Correction (2017) (www.npr.org)
    245 points by jhobag over 3 years | 118 comments
76. High schoolers are training to drive 18-wheelers amid shortage of truck drivers (www.npr.org)
    244 points by pseudolus almost 5 years | 474 comments
77. A woman who can smell Parkinson's is inspiring research into diagnosis (2020) (www.npr.org)
    244 points by lvnfg over 2 years | 75 comments
78. NASA: Tonga blast was 10 megatons, more powerful than a nuclear bomb (www.npr.org)
    235 points by webmaven over 4 years | 247 comments
79. London's Thames, once biologically dead, has been coming back to life (www.npr.org)
    235 points by pseudolus almost 5 years | 190 comments
80. Nonnative English speakers share their gripes about speaking English (www.npr.org)
    229 points by andersonvom over 5 years | 554 comments
81. Epstein's sex trafficking was aided by JPMorgan, US Virgin Islands lawsuit says (www.npr.org)
    228 points by Jimmc414 over 3 years | 130 comments
82. U-2 pilot's selfie above China's balloon taken over Missouri (www.npr.org)
    228 points by bookofjoe over 3 years | 161 comments
83. California bill passes, giving Amazon workers power to fight speed quotas (www.npr.org)
    225 points by throwawaysea about 5 years | 160 comments
84. Beware of 'shrinkflation,' inflation's devious cousin (www.npr.org)
    224 points by greenburger about 5 years | 313 comments
85. A massive oil spill in the Pacific Ocean reached the Southern California coast (www.npr.org)
    219 points by amelius almost 5 years | 58 comments
86. Decades after polio, Martha is among the last to still rely on an iron lung (www.npr.org)
    218 points by pseudolus almost 5 years | 210 comments
87. Freshly made plutonium from outer space found on ocean floor (www.npr.org)
    218 points by aerophilic over 5 years | 78 comments
88. LA pays $2600 per homeless tent, per month (www.npr.org)
    218 points by temp8964 over 5 years | 289 comments
89. Hotels turn to robots and room cleanings every 4 days to ease staffing shortages (www.npr.org)
    217 points by lxm over 3 years | 500 comments
90. Uyghur kids detail abuse at China's boarding schools in Xinjiang (www.npr.org)
    213 points by gclef over 4 years | 117 comments
91. NPR cancels 4 podcasts amid major layoffs (www.npr.org)
    213 points by axiomdata316 over 3 years | 407 comments
92. WHO asks South African startup to replicate Moderna's mRNA vaccine (www.npr.org)
    211 points by rolph almost 5 years | 219 comments
93. How the government set up a fake bank to launder drug money (2012) (www.npr.org)
    210 points by mdeck_ over 5 years | 97 comments
94. The ER charged him $6,589.77 for 6 stitches, cost that led his wife to avoid ER (www.npr.org)
    209 points by pseudolus almost 5 years | 315 comments
95. 50 years ago, The Electric Company used comedy to boost kids' reading skills (www.npr.org)
    209 points by samizdis almost 5 years | 114 comments
96. CPR's true survival rate is lower than many people think (www.npr.org)
    208 points by rntn over 3 years | 216 comments
97. How to get kids to do chores: Does the Maya method work? (2018) (www.npr.org)
    207 points by mhb over 4 years | 141 comments
98. 'Exercised' Explains Why It Can Be Hard to Commit to Working Out (www.npr.org)
    207 points by Hooke over 5 years | 209 comments
99. U.S. cities opt to ditch their off-street parking minimums (www.npr.org)
    207 points by dylan604 over 2 years | 410 comments
100. Facebook bans 7 'surveillance-for-hire' companies that spied on 50k users (www.npr.org)
     206 points by authed almost 5 years | 78 comments