Recommended Reading (1/6/25)

Inside a secret Ukrainian drone command post, where Russian soldiers are seen as prey (NPR)

I’m an Emergency Physician Keeping an Eye on Bird Flu. It’s Getting Dicey. (Slate)

Biden made diversifying the federal bench a top priority. Here's a look at his legacy (NPR)

Two proposed bills could limit driver’s licenses for immigrants in New Hampshire (NHPR)

How Fentanyl Laid Waste to Guatemala’s Time-Worn Opium Trade (NYT)

'America's Nobel' goes to a power couple who made a startling discovery about HIV (NPR)

How fast could a human being throw a fastball? 106 mph, 110 mph — even 125 mph? (The Athletic)

The ‘Beautiful Confusion’ of the First Billion Years Comes Into View (Quanta)

Should the Hawthorn Be Saved? (The Atlantic)

Rare court records show how poor women pioneered foster care in 1600s (The Guardian)

The Revenge of the Home Page (The New Yorker)

Crime and the City: Adelaide and South Australia (CrimeReads)