science fiction Ted Chiang lecture on interspecies communications Cory Doctorow

Science Stephen Wolfram teched the tech for Arrival Rob Beschizza

science fiction The screenwriter of Arrival on how hard it was to adapt Ted Chiang for the screen Rob Beschizza

History In 1810, a prankster sent 4,000 letters to flood one London address with chimney sweeps, coffins, and the Lord Mayor Ellsworth Toohey

Science A satellite has been jamming GPS over Europe Ellsworth Toohey

David Gerrold gave Land of the Lost an ending, then renewal ate it Jason Weisberger

Games Quantic Dream's inexplicable live service hero shooter dies an ignominious death Grant St. Clair

Fire at will New footage shows only one source of gunfire at correspondents' dinner—and it's not the suspect Jason Weisberger

Science Antarctic detector captured 13 radio pulses from cosmic rays in ice Ellsworth Toohey

bread Caity Weaver ate her way across America to find the best free restaurant bread Ellsworth Toohey

DIY Easter egg trees are a forgotten German tradition worth reviving Popkin

crowdfunding An artist painted a monster, an occult poet conjured it to life, and now it wants to kill your Mörk Borg character Gareth Branwyn

youtube This Twilight ripoff is so bad it became a cult sensation Grant St. Clair

Technology Guy built an e-ink subway display so he didn't have to keep unlocking his phone Ellsworth Toohey

alcatraz Wayward coyote living large on Alcatraz Gail Sherman

crime Florida man arrested after "sexual performance" with vacuum cleaner Rob Beschizza

Stephen Wolfram: computation is the universe's OS Ellsworth Toohey

politics Check out "Elon Musk," a new protest song by Carsie Blanton, in the political tradition of Woody Guthrie Jennifer Sandlin

tech NYC's new high tech subway turnstiles defeated by hat Gail Sherman

boston You can now sleep in the actual Goodnight Moon bedroom Jennifer Sandlin