algorithmic art The Endless Acid Banger generates infinitely-evolving EDM for your pleasure Rob Beschizza

music Andrew Weatherall, Primal Scream producer, acid house legend, RIP David Pescovitz

music Watch this 1986 report about house music on Chicago's local TV news David Pescovitz

Science Stanford study links gut bacteria to age-related memory loss Ellsworth Toohey

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

Science Michael Pollan thinks your chatbot has fewer feelings than a houseplant Ellsworth Toohey

Games The next game from the Psychonauts devs sees you playing as a sentient lighthouse Grant St. Clair

cleaning Have you ever tried cleaning kitchen grease with Coca Cola? Popkin

food safety What happens when you eat moldy food? Ellsworth Toohey

Good Deed Corps hosts discussion with legendary journalist David Felton, and best-seller Mary Roach Jason Weisberger

mysteries Fully intact fly found in Missouri man's colon: "Just unheard of" Carla Sinclair

crime '60 Minutes' investigates child hiring practices at slaughterhouse cleaning company Rusty Blazenhoff

books Tears of the Trufflepig is a head-shakingly brilliant novel about contraband animals, Mexico and a labyrinthine conspiracy Elías Villoro

racism Ben Stein is sad that there isn't a "large African-American woman" on his syrup bottle Mark Frauenfelder

grifters Grifters "befriend" Malibu doctor, pretend to be caregivers, give him LSD, and steal $3 million Carla Sinclair

music Make your own techno and acid beats with this fun and free online clone of the legendary TR-909 drum machine David Pescovitz

los angeles Help build kitsch queen Allee Willis's creative legacy by bidding on a vintage ashtray (with wacky-fun artifacts) from her estate Rusty Blazenhoff

donald trump Donald Trump's home at Mar-a-Lago is raided by the FBI Carla Sinclair

music Wax Italia: Digging for 45s in Florence and Rome Lee Keeler

meat A startup wants to make lab-grown steak out of captured carbon emissions Thom Dunn