cave houses Watch: A man carves out an incredible home from the side of a mountain Carla Sinclair

art Danish cemetery has a grave dated 1996–2064, for a time traveler Popkin

Environment Nature reclaims abandoned shoes in the woods Popkin

History "No worse employment exists" — Two Orwell essays depict brutal reality of 1930s working-class life Ellsworth Toohey

Delightful Creatures A bird hotel in Borneo Carolyn Townsend

mental illness The bizarre mystery of "prairie madness" Jennifer Sandlin

hong kong What it's like to live in Hong Kong's densest apartment complex — "Monster Building" Mark Frauenfelder

Soviet Union A too-typical tragedy of science in the Soviet Union Miss Cellania

tiny homes 70-year-old woman builds enchanting houses out of beach debris Janelle Hessig

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Claire and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

books The New Yorker's profile of William Gibson: "Droll, chilled out, and scarily articulate" Cory Doctorow

Business Maine's new ISP privacy law has both California and New York beat Cory Doctorow

caves Watch: cycling to work through cavernous limestone mines turned into a business park Rob Beschizza

design Our homes are designed for stuff, making them unsuitable for people Cory Doctorow

class war McMansion meanings: why do America's jumbo-sized status homes have useless "formal spaces?" Cory Doctorow

china The last of China's cave dwellers want nothing to do with modern housing Séamus Bellamy

Business Private equity killed big box retailers, leaving empty big boxes across America, and architects have plans Cory Doctorow

telcoms Governor of Montana signs executive order banning state from doing business with non-neutral ISPs Cory Doctorow

Science A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: DNA, individuals, and species Cory Doctorow

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza