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bookstores A visit to the western-most bookstore in the United States
Mark Frauenfelder

astronauts What's it like in space? Astronauts answer in new book
David Pescovitz

numeracy Outliers: the statistical mysteries that hold the key to understanding
John H Johnson, PhD and Mike Gluck

you know better than to trust a strange computer R2-D2 anglepoise lamp
Cory Doctorow

Delightful Creatures Photo of a man with a peg leg, a monkey, and a parrot
Mark Frauenfelder

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ice-nine Scientists create the exotic ices of Pluto
Cory Doctorow

future of work Why we need a new kind of design discipline for on-demand platforms
David Pescovitz

leona helmsley Excellent Panama Papers t-shirt: 'Mossack Fonseca: because taxes are for poor people'
Cory Doctorow

ad blocking Publishers call Brave's privacy-centric browser "illegal"; Brave responds
Cory Doctorow

toys An inventor, maker, and toy designer shares his favorite projects
Gareth Branwyn

kitchenware Use 50ml chemistry beakers as shot glasses
Mark Frauenfelder

bad ideas Can you imagine a worse T-shirt than this one?
Mark Frauenfelder

big pharma This man's medication cost jumped from $400 a month to $40,000 a month
Mark Frauenfelder

animation New Walter Robot animated video for Death Cab for Cutie
David Pescovitz

Time Travel Explore a life without consequences in 'My Tomorrow, Your Yesterday'
Jason Weisberger

painting How to paint the moon on a leather bag (or just order one)
Rob Beschizza

sepp blatter Sepp Blatter, disgraced former FIFA president, to serve on panel about fixing FIFA
Rob Beschizza

driverless vehicles Driverless bus in Greece has had no accidents in six months
Mark Frauenfelder

creepy Motel owner spent 30 years spying on his guests' sex lives, considered himself a "researcher"
Cory Doctorow

thus perish all social networks Facebook morphs into a clickhole, at the expense of personal sharing
Cory Doctorow

bernie sanders Pope invites Bernie Sanders to Vatican to speak about "social, economic, and environmental" issues
Cory Doctorow

racial profiling Baby sues US government for searching his diapers in racial profiling/War on Terror case
Cory Doctorow

psychedelic Video premiere: music documentary about incredible late-1960s Swedish psych band
David Pescovitz

how to frown Angry people in local newspapers
Rob Beschizza

heir apparent Tax investigators and bill collectors use Rich Kids of Instagram to uncover oligarchs' hidden millions
Cory Doctorow

information asymmetry The international art market is a money laundry whose details are in the Panama Papers
Cory Doctorow

sleaze UK government warns people that copyright trolls are a scam
Cory Doctorow

salons French tribunal rules "faggot" isn't homophobic
Rob Beschizza

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