NPR Tiny Desk Concert This "magnetic" performance by synth-pop band Future Islands is one of the best I've seen Jennifer Sandlin

AI Study finds AI server farms creating their own local heat islands Jason Weisberger

Pedo Guy Emails appear to show Elon Musk trying very hard to get invited to Jeffrey Epstein's party Jason Weisberger

Science Ominous sea level report card for most U.S. coastal communities Rob Beschizza

maps Interactive map of obscure islands Rob Beschizza

electronic music The Faint: 25 years of Blank Wave Arcade (Todd Fink Interview) Lee Keeler

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

tabloids Scientology doomed, Royal family doomed, and Island of the Damned in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

biology Iron Maiden is popular among biologists and taxonomists, so they just named a new lizard species after frontman Bruce Dickinson Jennifer Sandlin

Science WaveSwell draws sustainable electricity from the sea's natural motion Elías Villoro

climate change Only one country is anywhere near meeting its Paris Climate Accord goals Thom Dunn

machine learning Microsoft will exclusively license GPT-3 language model Mark Frauenfelder

Science Lunar and Martian tunnels could contain offworld colonies David Pescovitz

tabloids China's secret war on America, a Fox News sex scandal, and a space-time wormhole in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Biden projected to win Arizona, adding up to 3 wins in one primary night Xeni Jardin

trump US Treasury goes after Russia troll farm founder's planes and yachts Xeni Jardin

late stage capitalism Treasure Islands: EU publishes a blacklist of 17 tax-havens and a long-list of runner-up tax avoidance jurisdictions Cory Doctorow

climate Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren introduce a bill to provide $146B in aid to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands Cory Doctorow

obits Mandy Johnson, 1953-2015 Rob Beschizza

science fiction What Will Sink Our Generation Ships? The Death of Wonder Kameron Hurley