magic "The Alchemist" is Sherlocked's most ambitious escape room yet Ferdinando Buscema

Sex Amsterdam plans to move red light district into a new, indoor erotic mall David Pescovitz

happy mutants The world's largest occult library has a public online archive Cory Doctorow

travel Man with knife makes bomb threat at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport – suspect 'overpowered' Xeni Jardin

psychedelic A handful of psychedelic "Atlantis" mushrooms in Amsterdam Jason Weisberger

happy mutants Rolling robots 3D print a bridge, inching their way along the span as they lay it Cory Doctorow

travel Overtourism: the plague affecting the world's most interesting places Andrea James

fashion Sneakers made from Amsterdammers' used bubble-gum Cory Doctorow

Science A satellite has been jamming GPS over Europe Ellsworth Toohey

Coffee A burr grinder beats a $2,000 espresso machine Ellsworth Toohey

politics 8 million attend No Kings protests across U.S. Rob Beschizza

Science From carbon sequestration to metal filtering, fungi do the planet's heavy lifting Ellsworth Toohey

art A painting kicked out of Rembrandt's catalog in 1960 just got kicked back in Ellsworth Toohey

Technology A retired geneticist built an online museum of electrical plugs Ellsworth Toohey

museums Rare 1830s luxury condom featuring naughty nun goes on display Ellsworth Toohey

education The only technique to learn something new James Altucher

crime Border guards find cocaine stash under man's toupee Rob Beschizza

Owner claims painting found in garage is a Van Gogh Rob Beschizza

reckless tinkling Another United passenger pees all over plane — this one gets arrested and fined $10,000 Carla Sinclair