politics A cashless society as a tool for censorship and social control Cory Doctorow

History A Japanese doomsday cult bought a million-acre Australian sheep ranch to test sarin gas Ellsworth Toohey

cars Kevin Mitnick left the man who helped jail him enough for a Porsche 911 Ellsworth Toohey

art Duplicate Content splices 1960s video art with today's TikToks Ellsworth Toohey

Science A 1977 trawler hauled up a carcass that Japan took for a sea monster Ellsworth Toohey

Space Astronauts may soon finally be able to do laundry Gail Sherman

marine biology Workers opened a whale in 1937 and found something inside that still doesn't have a name Ellsworth Toohey

websites Make your own futuristic computer logo with the Sinclair-o-Matic Rob Beschizza

politics Trump phone is years-old knockoff with wrong number of stripes on U.S. flag logo Rob Beschizza

Science The 1960 blob that gave all mystery blobs their name Ellsworth Toohey

music Bastl Kalimba synthesizer is really thumbsing Rob Beschizza

History 1936 exposé: How Chicago's charity rackets worked Ellsworth Toohey

sic semper idioticus Virginia joins slow-motion plan to sidestep Electoral College Jason Weisberger

books A.J. Jacobs beat a weeks-long writing block with a two-minute timer Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets DIY camera inspired by production design of 1979's Alien Rob Beschizza

gadgets Bumpboxx's BB-777 is a modern boombox with meticulous vintage design Rob Beschizza

Hunter S. Thompson's "Red Shark" can be yours Jason Weisberger

animals Meet the Picasso bug: the jewel-colored insect that looks like art Popkin

mistakes Arkansas cop rams vehicle transporting child to emergency room Rob Beschizza

music Moroccan Tape Stash preserves Morocco's cassette music heritage Roger Park