puzzles Four students solved a geometry puzzle by pretending squares were resistors Ellsworth Toohey

tech The first webcam was invented in order to see if there was still coffee in the Cambridge break room Annie Rauwerda

Copyfight Anti-DRM artists march on the World Wide Web Consortium today Cory Doctorow

politics An Iraqi journalist threw his shoes at George W. Bush, kicking off a copycat era Ellsworth Toohey

books Those 100-foot Korowai tree houses are mostly built for film crews Ellsworth Toohey

AI Study finds AI server farms creating their own local heat islands Jason Weisberger

maps Bedfordshire chosen as England's worst county Rob Beschizza

Science Rembrandt copy was copied by the master himself Rob Beschizza

Face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman Ellsworth Toohey

Science The "brain isn't done until 25" factoid is based on a funding cutoff Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Lego stuffed an entire computer into a standard brick Ellsworth Toohey

Science Strong evidence of life on exoplanet K2-18b turns out to be not so strong after all Ruben Bolling

crime Prince Andrew stripped of prince title and royal residence; Mr. Windsor maintains his innocence Rob Beschizza

gadgets Study: no point upgrading to 8K unless you're right up close Rob Beschizza

books The new Merriam-Webster Collegiate is nearly 5 pounds of red-covered joy Gail Sherman

civilization Why societal collapse might not be the catastrophe we imagine Ellsworth Toohey

books 'Broligarchy', 'delulu' and 'skibidi' added to Cambridge Dictionary Rob Beschizza

travel DNA shows Anglo Saxon girl had West African grandparent in 650 Rob Beschizza