scams Hundreds of Americans planted those unsolicited mystery seeds from China Rusty Blazenhoff

History The best-preserved ancient human ever found had 130 melon seeds in her stomach Ellsworth Toohey

new york Throwback video of Daily Show's response to Anti-Asian "comedy" piece on Fox News Kevin Reome

the seeds Mystery Chinese seeds "innocuous" say experts, but please don't plant them Rob Beschizza

scams Did you receive a random packet of seeds apparently from China? Don't plant them. David Pescovitz

machine learning Networked authoritarianism may contain the seeds of its own undoing Cory Doctorow

drugs At a Chinese cemetery, scientists discover some of the oldest evidence of pot smoking David Pescovitz

corruption Trump's new assistant Drug Czar: a 24-year-old campaign volunteer with no experience, in charge of billions to end the opioid epidemic Cory Doctorow

politics China gives outlaw artist Ai Weiwei his passport back. Finally. For now. Xeni Jardin

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Science Fake drugs and the plague that never lifts Boing Boing

Science Who are the greatest Armchair Taxonomists? The winners announced! Maggie Koerth