Art and Design Check out these impressively epic balloon animals Thom Dunn

Kids Super-cute balloonfish teapot serves up tea in style Andrea James

illustration The 19th century pufferfish art of Joseph Drayton and Alfred Agate Popkin

In 1964, a dad's photo of his daughter captured a figure in a spacesuit — a mystery that still baffles Ellsworth Toohey

Wham-O How African killifish almost became Wham-O's coolest toy of the 1960s Ellsworth Toohey

Science Walking upside down on the ceiling of a frozen lake in Finland Elías Villoro

movies Giancarlo Esposito is teaming up with legendary director Francis Ford Coppola Devin Nealy

adventure What is a "robinsonade?" Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Fauci and Royal Nazis in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

mistakes were made The tragic Cleveland balloon release disaster of 1986 presented in a short documentary Mark Frauenfelder

Nintendo A review of Animal Crossing by someone who hates it Mark Frauenfelder

Copyfight As the German Government Abandons Small Businesses, the Worst Parts of the EU Copyright Directive Come Roaring Back, Made Even Worse Cory Doctorow

trash A satellite designed to get rid of space junk Clive Thompson

Kids Watch this robotic fish frolic in the deep Andrea James

politics Watch her historic DNC speech in full: Hillary Clinton drags Trump (who tweets back) Xeni Jardin

Comics Free Comic Book Day: Why write science comics? Maris Wicks

oceans Giant wave sends people sliding across parking lot Mark Frauenfelder

art WATCH: 8 great DIY smartphone photography tips Andrea James

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Silkpunk – playing engineer in an imaginary world Ken Liu