Newspapers are failing the product solution stack test. (Via medium.theuxblog.com.)

When we solve those issues and are building products that ‘pass the test’ then we can go back to arguing about the ‘original sin’ of digital journalism. Until then, we are still learning how to do digital media and are not ready to write the post mortem. Time is short, but the solutions are at hand if we take advantage.

“We Built a Fake Web Toaster, and It Was Hacked in an Hour.”

Is media bias really rampant? Ask the man who studies it for a living.

World on track to lose two-thirds of wild animals by 2020, major report warns.

(…) the majority of the Earth’s land area has now been impacted by humans, with just 15% protected for nature. Poaching and exploitation for food is another major factor, due to unsustainable fishing and hunting: more than 300 mammal species are being eaten into extinction, according to recent research.

Just don't call it “Jurassic Park.”

Inside the Frozen Zoo That Could Bring Extinct Animals Back to Life.

What's More Distracting Than A Noisy Co-Worker? Turns Out, Not Much.

The Gaslighting of the Millennial Generation.

Relevant: Americans Are Dying Faster. Millennials, Too.

TIL “ghoti” is pronounced like “fish”.

What are some ways of making word games that make use of people's propensity for language play, but don't force them to be jerks?

Uh-0h…

Patient Zero in HIV crisis was misidentified.

Through a labeling error on Dugas’s case file, Patient O (the letter) became Patient 0 (zero) — and the characterization that he was the source of the US outbreak stuck in the popular press.

An Ivy League professor says there are only three types of friendships we make.