newspaper Top NYT headlines from 50 years ago today Annie Rauwerda

gadgets Apple-1 sells for $375,000 Rob Beschizza

sculpture The Catford Cat is the kitty of the day Popkin

Innovation How rivalry between two Japanese companies in the 1950s led to the world's best pencils Ellsworth Toohey

Gorton: a ubiquitous typeface you may never have heard of Jennifer Sandlin

climate change We've officially passed the 1.5° global warming limit we've been warned about for years Thom Dunn

Science There's a room-sized time capsule in Georgia that will be opened 6,098 years from now Ellsworth Toohey

politics Tech billionaires rush to congratulate Trump on social media Ellsworth Toohey

Curly-Cue: modeling Afro-textured hair in 3D Rob Beschizza

TV shows New book looks back on things we lost since LOST premiered 20 years ago Thom Dunn

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

gender The weirdly conservative story of a famous American drag artist from the 1910s Thom Dunn

writing Stephen King's shameless self-promotion on NY Times' "best books" list amuses and outrages Natalie Dressed

discrimination Unregulated boarding school for autistic kids sounds more like a prison Thom Dunn

Comic Books Legendary artist Caza's "Arkadi and the Lost Titan' finally sees English release Gareth Branwyn

drugs Americans prefer weed to alcohol, all in all Rob Beschizza

Science Physicist Sean Carroll and the biggest ideas in the universe Ruben Bolling

News One of Earth's rarest wildflowers is in the crosshairs of a lithium mining juggernaut Mister Dobo

Business Why gas prices are always fractions of a cent Carolyn Townsend

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