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 What happens when a vaccine skeptic leads health policy? Ask Florida
NPR · Maria Godoy
President-elect Trump says he’s going to let Robert F. Kennedy Jr. “go wild on health.” That has many pediatricians nervous.
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 How political polarization ends
Bloomberg · Jennifer McCoy
History shows that, if left untreated, extreme political and social divisions are a mortal threat to democracy.
 What Democrats don’t understand about Joe Rogan
POLITICO · Calder McHugh
The future of American political engagement is barely political at all.
 The most dangerous roads in America have one thing in common
Vox · David Zipper
We can fix our staggering car fatality crisis. Start with these roads.
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 How Lincare became a multibillion-dollar Medicare scofflaw
propublica.org · Peter Elkind
The nation’s largest distributor of home oxygen equipment has a dismal history of exploiting the government and ailing patients.
 Carbon emissions from private jets have exploded in recent years
newscientist.com · Madeleine Cuff
The climate impact of flights taken by the super-rich rose sharply from 2019 to 2023, fueling calls for a carbon tax on private aviation.
 Why wet dogs shake so much
Popular Science · Laura Baisas
Lab mice experiments reveal the nerves that trigger this behavior in hairy mammals.
 There are some things the Crew-8 astronauts aren’t ready to talk about
Ars Technica · Stephen Clark
The astronauts who came home from the International Space Station last month experienced some drama on the high frontier.
 Celebrating kindness
flipboard.com · Reader’s Digest
Nov. 13 is World Kindness Day, so here are some of our favorite stories of nice things.
 42 actually good white-elephant gifts
New York Magazine · Amelia Jerden
It’s a tough balance to strike, finding wacky or surprising items that are also exciting, non-junky, and at least somewhat useful.
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