happy mutants To do in NYC: David Byrne's Reasons to Be Cheerful Cory Doctorow

politics Rules for surviving an autocracy Cory Doctorow

History The Army told Hershey to make a chocolate bar that tasted bad Ellsworth Toohey

AI Slopping Amazon uses AI to invent products you can't buy Jason Weisberger

Delightful Creatures Bears in Japan also sick of humans Jason Weisberger

art The strange economics of setting your own cash on fire Ellsworth Toohey

bias Bari Weiss' CBS News swims in Epstein-related baggage Jason Weisberger

Games New God of War game does not feature the god of war Grant St. Clair

Science Scientists sterilized soil. It kept breathing for six years. Ellsworth Toohey

music What does a rock sound like when it's shaped into an instrument? Popkin

oink A pig liver and two pig kidneys worked in a human body for five days Jason Weisberger

taxation California should tax empty homes and dead storefronts Jason Weisberger

fbi Ex-CIA official arrested with $40M in gold bars at home Séamus Bellamy

Technology Boston Dynamics Atlas robot gets in on World Cup fever Gail Sherman

bad idea Starbucks Korea chose "Tank Day" for the anniversary of a massacre Jason Weisberger

websites Make your own futuristic computer logo with the Sinclair-o-Matic Rob Beschizza

History Hengefinder finds streets that perfectly frame the setting sun Rob Beschizza

law "Dead body" turns out to be a sex doll Rob Beschizza

wildlife Sea lions play "pufferball"with unfortunate fish Gail Sherman

animals Albino softshell turtle looks like a real-life Pokémon Popkin