education Free school lunches are not worth the cost, according to rich, out-of-touch pundit Ben Shapiro Mark Frauenfelder

iceland Humans help baby puffins fly out to sea! Jennifer Sandlin

Science Research is suggesting we don't just inherit genes from our parents: "experiences can lead to changes in gene expression" Ruben Bolling

Entertainment Atari 2600 Sinistar would have been terrible Jason Weisberger

human rights North Korean escapee makes heartfelt plea to Trump to hold Kim Jong-un accountable for his atrocities Rusty Blazenhoff

1990s The glorious inelegance of the 1990s family computer Jess Kimble Leslie

tabloids Forget "alternative facts." This week's tabloids shoot for an entire alternate universe Peter Sheridan

usausausa 14% of Americans — 48 million people — are "food insecure," and it's about to get much worse Cory Doctorow

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Disney Princesses Are My (Imperfect) Feminist Role Models Caroline Siede

fantasy How Harry Potter shaped a generation Caroline Siede

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing