offworld Get mysterious with Dusk Child, a rich little exploration puzzle Leigh Alexander

mexico The promise of Mexico's Tren Maya has gone off the rails Séamus Bellamy

health COVID pandemic enters seventh year with no end in sight Séamus Bellamy

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

climate change Climate scientist awarded $1m from right-wing bloggers who defamed him Rob Beschizza

wildlife Meet another fabulously googly-eyed creature, the Arabian sand boa Jennifer Sandlin

Technology NYC will require businesses to prove A.I. employment software isn't racist or sexist Ruben Bolling

racism Ohio's Dissident Homeschool Network instructs 2,500 members on how to raise "wonderful Nazis" David Pescovitz

family Best real binoculars for kids David Pescovitz

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants My Life on the Road: Farewell to the Chill Séamus Bellamy

privacy Apple to scan iPhones for sexually explicit material involving children Rob Beschizza

ghislaine maxwell Judge reject's Ghislaine Maxwell's bid to keep deposition excerpts secret Rob Beschizza

martial arts Inside the ancient dying art of Iron Crotch Kung Fu Thom Dunn

News Hundreds of students kidnapped in Nigeria's Katsina, frantic parents beg authorities to save boys abducted by gunmen Xeni Jardin

politics Facebook kills 200,000-member QAnon group Rob Beschizza

Technology U.S. is investigating claims that TikTok violated children's privacy Xeni Jardin

Business Plagued by security woes, Zoom promises end-to-end encryption starting in July Xeni Jardin

politics Investigation into TikTok as risk to U.S. children's privacy urged by 4 U.S. senators Xeni Jardin

Business American Airlines & Delta join JetBlue in requiring facial masks on U.S. flights Xeni Jardin