happy mutants Kelly Link and Gavin Grant have bought a bookstore! Cory Doctorow

amazon James Bond is (almost) back in action Mark Cerulli

politics Under His Eye: State Department workers ordered to report colleagues with "anti-Christian bias" Ellsworth Toohey

History Pirate Bay financier dies in plane crash Rob Beschizza

Gorton: a ubiquitous typeface you may never have heard of Jennifer Sandlin

science fiction New online short class about one of Philip K. Dick's nuttiest novels David Pescovitz

photography World's oldest UFO photo may depict something else entirely Allan Rose Hill

Rock n Roll New book explores the secret occult history of…Elvis Presley? Thom Dunn

raccoons Every day should be raccoon appreciation day Jennifer Sandlin

tabletop games Pocket-sized adventure turns notebook and pencil into a space shooter Mark Frauenfelder

Space Europa probe to search for habitable environments. No landing will be attempted. Rob Beschizza

Entertainment The first episode of "The Honeymooners" is a deeply disturbing drama about a toxic relationship Ellsworth Toohey

News Marvel's Jewish superhero Sabra gets a Soviet makeover Ellsworth Toohey

the Moon Who owns the Moon? The trillion-dollar lunar rush for Helium-3 Mark Frauenfelder

terrorism Unsealed video implicates Saudi government in 9/11 attacks Rob Beschizza

Tintin Check out Porto's other cool bookstore—even if you're not a Tintin fan Bob Knetzger

Space New moon atlas the most detailed ever Rob Beschizza

History The Soviets mastered photo manipulation long before the age of Photoshop Carolyn Townsend

astronomy Prepare for April 8 with antique anthropomorphic depictions of eclipses Natalie Dressed

Delightful Creatures Hear me out: pigeons are actually really interesting Gail Sherman