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1. An ant colony has memories its individual members don’t have (2019) (aeon.co)
484 points by maxbaines on Jan 16, 2020 | 152 comments
2. Unofficial Apple Archive (applearchive.org)
699 points by todotask on Jan 16, 2020 | 151 comments
3. BlackRock’s decision to dump coal signals what’s next (theconversation.com)
627 points by evolve2k on Jan 16, 2020 | 236 comments
4. Christopher Tolkien has died (theguardian.com)
514 points by deadmetheny on Jan 16, 2020 | 227 comments
5. Reverse engineering course (github.com/0xz0f)
656 points by Edouar1 on Jan 16, 2020 | 55 comments
6. Show HN: Tired of mobile games with IAP and ads, I made No-Bullshit Games (stavros.io)
520 points by stavros on Jan 16, 2020 | 264 comments
7. Back pain is a problem which is badly treated (economist.com)
467 points by pseudolus on Jan 16, 2020 | 280 comments
8. Growing evidence that the universe is connected by giant structures (2019) (vice.com)
362 points by joe_the_user on Jan 16, 2020 | 187 comments
9. Show HN: Screenshot Hero - iPhone app to make all photos text searchable (asadmemon.com)
429 points by asadm on Jan 16, 2020 | 118 comments
10. The technology pushed into schools today is a threat to child development (americanaffairsjournal.org)
323 points by boh on Jan 16, 2020 | 283 comments
11. Google is finally killing off Chrome apps, which nobody really used (theverge.com)
377 points by doener on Jan 16, 2020 | 259 comments
12. Autocomplete as an Interface (2015) (benkuhn.net)
288 points by fanf2 on Jan 16, 2020 | 191 comments
13. Washington pressures TSMC to make chips in US (nikkei.com)
242 points by baybal2 on Jan 16, 2020 | 157 comments
14. Progress of anti-aging therapies by clinical trial stage (lifespan.io)
262 points by apsec112 on Jan 16, 2020 | 146 comments
15. SpaceX tests black satellite to reduce ‘megaconstellation’ threat to astronomy (nature.com)
244 points by pseudolus on Jan 16, 2020 | 363 comments
16. Amsterdam’s canal houses have endured for 300 years (citylab.com)
192 points by pseudolus on Jan 16, 2020 | 130 comments
17. Effectively Using Materialized Views in Ruby on Rails (pganalyze.com)
158 points by moritzplassnig on Jan 16, 2020 | 36 comments
18. Exploiting the Windows Cryptoapi Vulnerability (trailofbits.com)
117 points by archgoon on Jan 16, 2020 | 45 comments
19. How to fight lies, tricks, and chaos online (theverge.com)
152 points by apsec112 on Jan 15, 2020 | 93 comments
20. A Guide to Minimalist Web Design (2017) (ismailelazizi.com)
175 points by smail on Jan 15, 2020 | 46 comments
21. U.S. Torpedo Troubles During World War II (1998) (historynet.com)
132 points by mmhsieh on Jan 16, 2020 | 84 comments
22. Computational Power Found in the Arms of Neurons (quantamagazine.org)
153 points by reubenswartz on Jan 16, 2020 | 75 comments
23. No Job Is Too Small for Compact Geostationary Satellites (ieee.org)
92 points by stn8188 on Jan 15, 2020 | 30 comments
24. Mistakes were made: ERP screwups (tedium.co)
121 points by fanf2 on Jan 16, 2020 | 73 comments
25. The Boring Company’s Las Vegas tunnel is nearly 50% done (teslarati.com)
144 points by Sami_Lehtinen on Jan 16, 2020 | 287 comments
26. How Swedes were fooled by the book “Surrounded by Idiots” (medium.com/soccermatics)
396 points by lelf on Jan 16, 2020 | 323 comments
27. FBI unlocked iPhone 11 Pro via GrayKey, raising more doubts about Pensacola case (9to5mac.com)
235 points by miles on Jan 16, 2020 | 137 comments
28. The Roots of Lisp (2001) (paulgraham.com)
124 points by afurrysolver on Jan 16, 2020 | 90 comments
29. How The New York Times Verified the Iran Missile-Strike Footage (cjr.org)
245 points by danso on Jan 16, 2020 | 166 comments
30. Adult site leaks data of cam models (vpnmentor.com)
330 points by DemiGuru on Jan 16, 2020 | 219 comments

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