california I'm speaking at UCSD on Feb 9! Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Tim O'Reilly's WTF? A book that tells us how to keep the technology baby and throw out the Big Tech bathwater Cory Doctorow

Environment Feel-good story about the future of vertical farms Cory Doctorow

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scams Pearl parties: The multi-level marketing scam that just won't die Jennifer Sandlin

noise Study finds you can change your brain to hear better in chaotic, noisy environments Mark Frauenfelder

television Vision spin-off series coming to Disney Plus Devin Nealy

Spoken Word with Electronics How to Make Sound Waves from Moonlight Ethan Persoff

television HBO "retooling" its Max Green Lantern series Devin Nealy

astronomy Scientists just observed the largest explosion ever and it was made of Gamma Rays Thom Dunn

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

evolution Frogs evolved black skin to adapt to radiation in Chernobyl Mark Frauenfelder

vinyl Greener records are here: Michael Stipe and Beatie Wolfe featured on first bioplastic vinyl Rusty Blazenhoff

science fiction Five headlines this week that prove we are living in a science fiction novel David Pescovitz

Roadside Attractions Another roadside attraction: the Painted Propane Tanks of Sonoita, Arizona Jennifer Sandlin

Musical instruments How a $200 guitar from Amazon compares to a Gibson Les Paul Thom Dunn

afrofuturism Mark Dery on the "everything, all at once" art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat Gareth Branwyn

movies The trailer for Super Sons looks like a return to form for DC animation Devin Nealy

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