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We are seeking a highly motivated and extremely intelligent individual to dig into the minutiae of a tiny, mostly boring problem that we have identified as vital to our business because, at our unfathomable scale, even a minuscule improvement will lead to millions of dollars in extra profit for our…

Or, all hail the pink checkmark — You may have noticed something unique on Massive’s website: pink checkmarks next to select writers’ names. When you see this mark, it means they are a Certified Science Storyteller. Earning this certificate means that the author has demonstrated a consistent ability to tell accessible, meaningful and entertaining stories about science…

An experiment in creating a diverse, authoritative, auto-generating news source for the post-truth era. — See the Index Twitter List (canonical source) Filtered by Paper.li About The National Consensus News Index, or NCNI, is a stable index of national and local journalists on Twitter. Inspired by the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the idea is to see if collecting the tweets of a predictable group of top journalists from multiple…

And “we’re just following the data” is a bad argument, anyway — This started as a Twitter thread in response to some arguments about Facebook’s responsibility for its effects on society. I’ve expanded the argument here. Okay, you want proof that Facebook doesn’t just “show people what they want?” I’ll give it to you. It’s known as clickbait. I worked at Upworthy…

Warning: Some Collaboration Required — Monday morning, as news of the mass shooting in Las Vegas greeted the awakening East Coast, something almost as ugly reared its head: gross misinformation about the attack pouring out of the nastiest corners of the internet, rising straight to the top of algorithmically defined trending lists on Google, Facebook…

“I can’t tell if I’m blacking out or the sun’s being blacked out.” — This is our cofounder and CTO Allan Lasser. He’s responsible for Massive’s unique and beautiful design and branding, many of our innovative features like our scientist chat bot, and most of our post illustrations, which range from hilariously playful to beautifully abstract. Earlier this year, Allan made what was in…

Say hello to the first Massive Science Cohort — Genetic engineering is one of the most fascinating corners of scientific inquiry right now. …

And how you can do the same right now — I had a clarifying chat with my father last night. He’s been observing and covering politics professionally for 40+ years. Growing up, he taught me that politics isn’t a battle and Republicans aren’t “the enemy.” …

Make them pay. — I’ll never forget the day my mom told me she had been left out to die. Before the ACA, my dad lost his job and the healthcare that came with it. Shortly thereafter, my mom, who survived breast cancer when I was five and lives with multiple sclerosis, received a…