architecture Can windows filled with water help you heat and cool your home? Thom Dunn

Art and Architecture As the Millennium Tower approaches maximum lean, San Francisco asks for a new expert Jason Weisberger

nyc "Museum of the Revolution" documentary is a brutal monument to predatory capitalism Greg Nussen

animation Interview: legendary Japanese director Mamoru Oshii Devin Nealy

mashups Fan-made trailer for Wes Anderson's The Lord of the Rings Thom Dunn

3d printing Using Lego to 3D-print human flesh Thom Dunn

photography Chilling photos of scarecrows by John Piper Popkin

neuroscience This is the first wiring map of an insect's brain David Pescovitz

Cryptozoology This freaky mermaid-monkey residing in a Japanese temple may not be what it seems, scientists report David Pescovitz

airbnb Want to stay in the Sicilian palazzo featured in The White Lotus? It's yours for $6k per night on Airbnb Mark Frauenfelder

weather Surfing the "atmospheric river's" ocean waves Elías Villoro

books Bayt Al Fann, questions, and Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an Elías Villoro

museums Museum of Sex coming to Miami with robots and an "erotic carnival" David Pescovitz

Stanley Kubrick Stanley Kubrick explains the endings of 2001 and The Shining in unreleased 1980 documentary footage Mark Frauenfelder

music The Music of East meets West: Üsküdar neighborhood, Istanbul  Katherine Hreib

Antoni Gaudí Basílica de la Sagrada Família to release final construction timeline in 2024 Andrew Yi

art nouveau The inner machinations of Mucha in Prague Natalie Dressed

This is the most interesting documentary about Soviet bus stops ever made Jennifer Sandlin

performance art Danny Boyle is turning The Matrix into an interactive hip-hop dance show Thom Dunn

star trek Harlan Ellison auction includes the world's most (in)famous "Star Trek" photo Mark Frauenfelder