Sagebrush renaissance

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/upfront-blog/2017/0507/Sagebrush-renaissance

The new range war

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2017/0507/The-new-range-war

Willing to Cook for Strangers, but Guests Are Harder to Find

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/technology/airdine-social-dining-apps.html

Want to Make More Baskets? Science Has the Answer

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/03/sports/want-to-make-more-baskets-science-has-the-answer.html

In the future, virtual assistants will not only take orders. They’ll also have ideas of their own.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2017/05/03/in-the-future-virtual-assistants-will-not-only-take-orders-theyll-have-ideas-of-their-own/

Mexican Drug Smugglers to Trump: Thanks!

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/05/opinion/sunday/mexican-drug-smugglers-to-trump-thanks.html

Companies Compete but Won’t Let Their Workers Do the Same

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/04/opinion/noncompete-agreements-workers.html

Before Michelle, Barack Obama asked another woman to marry him. Then politics got in the way.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2017/05/02/before-michelle-barack-obama-asked-another-woman-to-marry-him-then-politics-got-in-the-way/

How to Stop a Lone-Wolf Terrorist? Australia Has a Plan

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/02/opinion/australia-lone-wolf-terrorists-waleed-aly.html

Review: Yes, those tiny birds were cut from real feathers

http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/visual-arts/review-yes-those-tiny-birds-were-cut-from-real-feathers/

Who’s Up and Who’s Down in Online Education?

http://www.chronicle.com/article/Who-s-UpWho-s-Down-in/239964

"Four other institutions had online enrollments increase by more than 10,000 students: Western Governors University, Brigham Young University-Idaho, the University of Central Florida, and Grand Canyon University."

One beige bus. A city tour. And a shift in thought on Mexican corruption.

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2017/0502/One-beige-bus.-A-city-tour.-And-a-shift-in-thought-on-Mexican-corruption

The New Threat to Wolves in and Around Yellowstone

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/science/wolves-hunting-yellowstone-national-park.html

One Day, a Machine Will Smell Whether You’re Sick

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/health/artificial-nose-scent-disease.html

The opioid antidote: Naloxone has reversed hundreds of overdoses in Denver in the last year

http://www.denverpost.com/2017/04/28/opioid-overdoses-naloxone/

A Plan to Poison the Wild Hogs of Texas

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/opinion/sunday/a-plan-to-poison-the-wild-hogs-of-texas.html

When the Gospel of Minimalism Collides With Daily Life

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/style/when-the-gospel-of-minimalism-collides-with-daily-life.html

Health & Science Las Vegas offers needle exchange program through vending machines

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/las-vegas-offers-needle-exchange-program-through-vending-machines/2017/04/28/3fb56eda-2a95-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html

Despite the ‘Yuck Factor,’ Leeches Are Big in Russian Medicine

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/world/europe/leeches-russia-medicine.html

House Love: Moving a Home in India 1,500 Miles to Save It

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/style/house-love-moving-a-home-in-india-1500-miles-to-save-it.html

Fighting Compulsive Gambling Among Women

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/business/retirement/fighting-compulsive-gambling-among-women.html

You’re Too Focused on What You’re Focused On

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/29/opinion/sunday/youre-too-focused-on-what-youre-focused-on.html

In Greenland’s northernmost village, a melting Arctic threatens the age-old hunt

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/in-greenlands-northernmost-village-a-melting-arctic-threatens-the-age-old-hunt/2017/04/29/764ba9be-1bb3-11e7-bcc2-7d1a0973e7b2_story.html

Is Utah still a model for solving chronic homelessness?

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865678779/Is-Utah-still-a-model-for-solving-chronic-homelessness.html

Florence Finch, Unsung War Hero Who Took On Japanese, Dies at 101

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/us/florence-finch-dead-coast-guard-war-hero.html

Drugs Now Involved in More Fatal U.S. Crashes Than Alcohol Alone

https://medlineplus.gov/news/fullstory_164985.html

To colonize space, start closer to Earth

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Spacebound/2017/0428/To-colonize-space-start-closer-to-Earth

Do today's cops need a 'Textalyzer' test?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology/2017/0428/Do-today-s-cops-need-a-Textalyzer-test

Would you eat your water bottle if that would save the planet?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0428/Would-you-eat-your-water-bottle-if-that-would-save-the-planet

Insurance companies’ ‘fail-first’ policy enough to make you sick

http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/insurance-companies-fail-first-policy-enough-to-make-you-sick/

Everything We Knew About Sweatshops Was Wrong

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/opinion/do-sweatshops-lift-workers-out-of-poverty.html

At This Museum, Failures Are Welcome

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/arts/museum-of-failure.html

Need a ride in farm country or in a distant exurb? How one company wants to help

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2017/0426/Need-a-ride-in-farm-country-or-in-a-distant-exurb-How-one-company-wants-to-help

Checking a Website’s Security

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/technology/personaltech/website-security.html

The age of flying cars is here, Silicon Valley promises

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2017/04/25/the-age-of-flying-cars-is-here-silicon-valley-promises/

Can we eat our way out of the lionfish invasion?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0425/Can-we-eat-our-way-out-of-the-lionfish-invasion

Colombia's Guerrillas Come Out of the Jungle

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/05/01/colombias-guerrillas-come-out-of-the-jungle

Could this rather esurient caterpillar help stem the plastic deluge?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2017/0424/Could-this-rather-esurient-caterpillar-help-stem-the-plastic-deluge

Welcome to the World’s Coolest Kindergarten

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/24/sports/soccer/welcome-to-the-worlds-coolest-kindergarten.html

Why predicting the future is more than just horseplay

http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/Complexity/2017/0424/Why-predicting-the-future-is-more-than-just-horseplay

Vast German archive holds the secret to combatting Holocaust denial

http://www.timesofisrael.com/vast-german-archive-holds-the-secret-to-combatting-holocaust-denial/

Uber’s C.E.O. Plays With Fire

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/23/technology/travis-kalanick-pushes-uber-and-himself-to-the-precipice.html

Terrorists are building drones. France is destroying them with eagles.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/02/21/terrorists-are-building-drones-france-is-destroying-them-with-eagles/

Thousands of tiny satellites are about to go into space and possibly ruin it forever

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/21/thousands-of-tiny-satellites-are-about-to-go-into-space-and-possibly-ruin-it-forever/

Icelandic language at risk; robots, computers can’t grasp it

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/icelandic-language-at-risk-robots-computers-cant-grasp-it/

How Airline Workers Learn to Deal With You

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/22/your-money/how-airline-workers-learn-to-deal-with-you.html

In Jail, Pads and Tampons as Bargaining Chips

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/nyregion/pads-tampons-new-york-womens-prisons.html

A New Parchment Declaration of Independence Surfaces. Head-Scratching Ensues.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/arts/a-new-parchment-declaration-of-independence-surfaces-head-scratching-ensues.html

Drones used for first time in major search at Grand Canyon

http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/drones-used-for-first-time-in-major-search-at-grand-canyon/

Why do married people pay most of the taxes in the U.S.?

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865677746/Why-do-married-people-pay-most-of-the-taxes-in-the-US.html

How your selfie could affect your life insurance

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/how-your-selfie-could-affect-your-life-insurance/

Trillions of Plastic Bits, Swept Up by Current, Are Littering Arctic Waters

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/climate/arctic-plastics-pollution.html

How long should you keep your tax records?

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Saving-Money/2017/0420/How-long-should-you-keep-your-tax-records

‘Like someone stuck an ice pick in my collarbone’: Painful rat lungworm disease on upswing in Hawaii

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/04/20/like-someone-stuck-an-ice-pick-in-my-collarbone-painful-rat-lungworm-disease-on-upswing-in-hawaii/

34 problems with standardized tests

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/04/19/34-problems-with-standardized-tests/

Universities redesign libraries for the 21st century: fewer books, more space

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-college-libraries-20170419-story.html

How climate change dried up a Canadian glacier river in a matter of days

http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2017/0418/How-climate-change-dried-up-a-Canadian-glacier-river-in-a-matter-of-days

Dinner With a Dung Beetle

https://www.nytimes.com/video/science/100000004858104/dung-beetle.html

The big hole in Trump’s wall

http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2017/04/fewer-hombres

Starbucks calls shifting-color drink a “Unicorn Frappuccino”

http://www.seattletimes.com/business/starbucks-calls-shifting-color-drink-a-unicorn-frappuccino/

Scientists find giant, elusive clam known as ‘the unicorn of mollusks’

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/04/17/scientists-find-giant-elusive-clam-known-as-the-unicorn-of-mollusks/

How the Airlines Became Abusive Cartels

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/opinion/how-the-airlines-became-abusive-cartels.html

The Love Lives of Bolsheviks

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/17/opinion/the-love-lives-of-bolsheviks.html

Sultan Qaboos has been everything for Oman. But has he secured its future?

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2017/0417/Sultan-Qaboos-has-been-everything-for-Oman.-But-has-he-secured-its-future

Stripped Village Homes Expose a Hollowing Out of France’s Heritage

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/world/europe/france-joinville-heritage.html

Anatomy of a Lynching

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/opinion/anatomy-of-a-lynching.html

Climate change, and common-sense politics

http://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/upfront-blog/2017/0416/Climate-change-and-common-sense-politics

The world's greenest island

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2017/0416/The-world-s-greenest-island

What’s in Your Microwave Oven?

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/14/opinion/whats-in-your-microwave-oven.html

Dirty Birds What it’s like to live with a national symbol

https://story.californiasunday.com/dirty-birds

Insect Heroes? Ants Save Their Injured Comrades

https://www.yahoo.com/news/insect-heroes-ants-save-injured-163200116.html

Yes, Your Sleep Schedule Is Making You Sick

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/opinion/sunday/can-sleep-deprivation-cure-depression.html

Last of New York’s Master Wigmakers

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/07/nyregion/new-york-city-wigmakers.html

Ancient Cannibals Didn’t Eat Just for the Calories, Study Suggests

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/science/cannibalism-human-body-calories.html?_r=0

You Draw It: Just How Bad Is the Drug Overdose Epidemic?

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/04/14/upshot/drug-overdose-epidemic-you-draw-it.html