New Zealand is set to vote on lowering the voting age to 16. Scientists have added four new prefixes to the metric system. And a peek inside the wide world of Monster Energy drink collection and trading communities.

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• Supreme Court rules in favour of lowering voting age to 16 in case by ‘Make it 16′ group (New Zealand Herald)
• New Zealand lawmakers will vote on whether to lower the national voting age to 16 (NPR)
• Analysis: Democrats would have gotten crushed this election without young voters (CNN)
• Turnout among young voters was the second highest for a midterm in past 30 years (NPR)
• A Powerful Theory of Why the Far Right Is Thriving Across the Globe (NY Times)
• Cultural Backlash: Trump, Brexit, and Authoritarian Populism by Pippa Norris and Ronald Ingleheart
• It's Official: Scientists Confirm a New Expanded Scale of Measurement (ScienceAlert)
• Earth weighs in at six ronnagrams as new prefixes picked for big and small (The Guardian)
• The Earth now weighs 6 ronnagrams. What does that mean? (Washington Post)
• Inside the Fanatical, International, Extremely Online World of Monster Energy Trading (Punch)
• We Tried EVERY Monster Energy Drink Flavor (Good Mythical Morning, YouTube)
• The Pez Outlaw - Official Trailer (IGN, YouTube)
• Jackson Bird on Twitter

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