field research Scientists: hot pavement will burn you like something hot Séamus Bellamy

mondo 2000 San Francisco, June 7: Celebrate the cyberculture with Mondo 2000's RU Sirius, Mark Pauline, Cintra Wilson, Rudy Rucker, Cindy Cohn, and phriendz David Pescovitz

Space Jupiter used to be bigger—much bigger Rob Beschizza

health Celebrities discover pushing on face makes it less puffy, pay $500 for "lymphatic drainage specialists" to do it Ellsworth Toohey

politics Public historians slam Trump's statue garden plan Jennifer Sandlin

Science Firing lasers into the retina reveals a brand new color Allan Rose Hill

robots Humanoid robots run half-marathon alongside humans Rob Beschizza

junk science Predatory journals even worse since "Get Me Off Your F*ck*ng Mailing List" was accepted for publication Jennifer Sandlin

incommunicado Cybersecurity professor erased from Indiana University while FBI raids his home: "None of this is in any way normal" Carla Sinclair

Science Anti-vax activist to lead autism "study" Jennifer Sandlin

Science 168 employees fired at National Science Foundation Rob Beschizza

Science Scientists develop slime that generates electricity when squeezed Ellsworth Toohey

New documentary about John C. Lilly, the scientist who used LSD to communicate with dolphins and invented the sensory deprivation tank (video) Allan Rose Hill

robots MIT built a swarm of tiny robotic flies to pollinate flowers like bees Allan Rose Hill

Science Archaeologists discover remains of ancient mystic with six fingers Allan Rose Hill

Technology reCAPTCHA: 819 million hours of wasted human time and billions of dollars in Google profits Mark Frauenfelder

bees Meandering mowing can help out bees Gail Sherman

Technology Video Game History Foundation to release scans of 1,500 vintage gaming magazines Ellsworth Toohey

Science Microwaving grapes not just a party trick Gail Sherman

psychology Stanford's massive tobacco ad archive reveals a century of psychological manipulation Ellsworth Toohey