happy mutants Tiki bar pulls thousands of dollars from ceiling and walls, donates it Rusty Blazenhoff

Entertainment First look: Epic Universe's Dark Universe, featuring classic Universal monsters, is a theme park masterpiece Ruben Bolling

shipwreck Authorities forbid drinking ancient champagne found in shipwreck Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Universal's new Ministry of Magic theme park (video) Ruben Bolling

travel Here are five fascinating places you are not allowed to visit Allan Rose Hill

immigration In 1974, two daring students explore abandoned Ellis Island (video) Yoy Luadha

Art and Design Eisner Award-winner Craig Yoe launches surreal graphic novel: WOMAN & MAN+ Mark Frauenfelder

passings Archie Roach, musician and activist (1956-2022) Jennifer Sandlin

10 places around the world you're not allowed to visit  Mark Frauenfelder

useful stuff Forbidden Island is a fun cooperative tabletop game Mark Frauenfelder

Games Review / Control Rob Beschizza

Epstein's other island John Struan

religion Full story of the missionary killed when trying to convert an "uncontacted" tribe David Pescovitz

canada Rare cotton candy-colored lobster named "Lucky" escapes pot, now lives in an aquarium Rusty Blazenhoff

california 'Fuck Trump' projected on a building in California's 'Mayberry by the Bay' Rusty Blazenhoff

climate San Juan mayor barred from speaking on Trump's Puerto Rico relief conference call Cory Doctorow

Business China announces "medical tourism" special economic zone on Hainan Island Cory Doctorow

paypal Paypal halted a transaction because it contained the word "Cuba" Mark Frauenfelder

Science Genocide, not genes: indigenous peoples' genetic alcoholism is a racist myth Cory Doctorow

Death, Science, Sexology: Joanna Ebenstein of the Morbid Anatomy Museum Mark Dery