economics Profile of Mariana Mazzucato, the economist who's swaying both left and right politicians with talk of "the entrepreneurial state" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Learning to See the Commons David Bollier and Silke Helfrich

AI DARPA's Spectrum Collaboration Challenge: finally some progress towards a "Cognitive Radio" future Cory Doctorow

History When you think of freedom, remember the Charter of the Forest, not the Magna Carta Cory Doctorow

Science Our public health data is being ingested into Silicon Valley's gaping, proprietary maw Cory Doctorow

fcc Marriott plans to block personal wifi hotspots Glenn Fleishman

public domain Stock photo sites' abuse of public domain images countered with better copies and a $0 price tag Rob Beschizza

Man tests minimal address experiment by sending himself a letter Mark Frauenfelder

sports Traditional medieval football game in England ends in (surprise!) a massive brawl (video) David Pescovitz

tabletop gaming Wizards of the Coast changes course, gamers win Gareth Branwyn

photography Smithsonian's Open Access now has over 4 million free-to-use images Mark Frauenfelder

optical illusions Mindbending optical illusion: Which of these buses is going faster? David Pescovitz

History English commoners' rights come from The Charter of the Forest, not the Magna Carta Elías Villoro

Food Check out this gallery of meals for Apollo astronauts Mark Frauenfelder

stock photography Agency offers age-positive public domain stock photos to challenge stereotypes Rusty Blazenhoff

fun Can you guess which face is real and which is computer generated? Popkin

Tokyo Visit the Meguro Parasitological Museum in Tokyo Popkin

music "History Listen" is a new podcast about rock n' roll, narrated by St. Vincent Thom Dunn

Sir Issac Newton You can visit Sir Isaac Newton's legendary "gravity tree"—and its many descendants and clones Andrew Yi