Copyfight Writer asks for an exclusive trademark on the use of the word "dark" in "Series of fiction works, namely, novels and books" Cory Doctorow

Technology Remember daydreaming? Your smartphone doesn't want you to Ellsworth Toohey

Funny Video: greyhounds can breathe through bent snouts (and transform into roaches) Jennifer Sandlin

Science Data Sonification: NASA audializes space for those with low vision Gail Sherman

Republicans against trump B'Bye Trump! Many in GOP — including former Trump staffers — join "Republicans for Harris" Carla Sinclair

politics More Republicans endorse Kamala Harris Rob Beschizza

Happy Mutants Deaf sound artist offers lessons in better closed captioning Rusty Blazenhoff

Rescue dogs "Unadoptable" shelter mutt competes in Westminster agility competition Gail Sherman

book review Lissa Soep's "Other People's Words: Friendship, Loss, and the Conversations That Never End" Jason Weisberger

marvel Marvel retroactively changes Wolverine's creators, 50 years after character's debut Thom Dunn

Mother's QAnon beliefs lead to family's tragic death in Colorado wilderness Mark Frauenfelder

authoritarianism The formula for defeating a Trump dictatorship: "Unite the Democrats, split the Republicans" Mark Frauenfelder

Science Scientists discover that "fluorescence is very common in mammals" Jennifer Sandlin

animals Researchers in Perth, Australia believe these are the first recorded echidna vocalizations. Spoiler alert: they sound like a cross between a pigeon cooing and a tiny horse neighing Jennifer Sandlin

tabloids A dagger in Prince Harry's heart and an Obama murder cover-up in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Bebergal

bloopers Watch Captain Kirk walk into a door in these classic Star Trek blooper reels Mark Frauenfelder

social media Here are the four stages of how conspiracy theories spread across social media David Pescovitz

travel United accused of trapping passengers for 7 hours in "unbearable heat" with no water, food or air conditioning Rob Beschizza

politics Pittsburgh synagogue shooter to be executed Rob Beschizza

inexperienced and off the grid The three "mummified" bodies found in Colorado were ID'd by stepsister who tried to stop them from camping Carla Sinclair