language Forget about hygge. Now it's all about uitwaaien. David Pescovitz

dutch The Dutch are shrinking Annie Rauwerda

Science Yes, humans are capable of creating a happy and successful liberal society: The Netherlands Maureen Herman

happy mutants Rugs woven/squirted from extruded urethane foam Cory Doctorow

Technology The hoaxter who claimed he could fit a whole movie in one kilobyte Ellsworth Toohey

Games Letting video game NPCs place Amazon orders for you is not a good idea Grant St. Clair

design Surgeons use free IKEA pencils to mark bone cuts Ellsworth Toohey

History In 1964, a Dutch librarian drilled a hole in his own skull to get permanently high Ellsworth Toohey

relics Why English spelling looks like it lost a bar fight with history Jason Weisberger

Funny Scammers are already using the hantavirus to fleece people Grant St. Clair

politics The Norwegian Dawn cruise ship flunks health inspection Jennifer Sandlin

books Those 100-foot Korowai tree houses are mostly built for film crews Ellsworth Toohey

worse things happen at sea When your yacht is too big for Monaco, Italy, and reality Jason Weisberger

Technology Why is a $200 Lego set harder to buy than a $400M machine? Ellsworth Toohey

art Finally, a game where you fight a many-legged fish train Grant St. Clair