language How Zoom is changing American Sign Language David Pescovitz

video Engineers create smart glove that turns sign language into text Andrea James

AI LipNet: lip-reading AI uses machine learning Andrea James

sound What it's really like to read lips David Pescovitz

Science Gene therapy restored hearing in deaf mice David Pescovitz

music Excellent Bluetooth headphones for kids with volume limit for ear safety Mark Frauenfelder

politics Watch Puerto Rican Sign Language interpreter Celimar Rivera Cosme absolutely crush it at the Bad Bunny Super Bowl halftime show Jennifer Sandlin

History BBC's secret 1949 comedy rulebook banned chambermaids, fig leaves, puns Ellsworth Toohey

mice Scientists create mice with two fathers Allan Rose Hill

Lost Bram Stoker short story "Gibbet Hill" found after 134 years Rob Beschizza

salt How Switzerland cured endemic goiter Rob Beschizza

medical Man's hearing loss caused by earbud stuck in his ear… for five years David Pescovitz

Artwork critical of police upsets public officials Jason Weisberger

Stimulating the tongue with electricity reduces tinnitus Mark Frauenfelder

let them eat cake Ivanka tells 18 million out-of-work Americans: "Find something new!" Carla Sinclair

celebrity Shut-in celebrities sing "imagine no possessions" on Twitter. Twitterverse goes bananas over the perceived tone-deafness Gareth Branwyn

Science Russian CRISPR scientist announces new controversial effort to edit genes that cause deafness David Pescovitz

Technology Trump OKs seismic tests in Atlantic that can harm thousands of dolphins & whales Xeni Jardin

Business Facebook's new product: every-room cameras for your home Cory Doctorow

trumpism EPA employees who spoke out about Trump are having their emails ransacked, and the EPA's new "monitoring" firm is linked to a GOP oppo research firm Cory Doctorow