topiary Extremely satisfying hedge-trimming Clive Thompson

Kids Watch this cool machine trim hedges into perfect spheres Andrea James

tabloids Bimbo Duchess and a giant UFO in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

delightful bugs Meet the cockchafer Jennifer Sandlin

unruly trucks An out-of-control garbage truck damages cars, hedges, and even a house foundation Carla Sinclair

tabloids Joe Biden's "dementia" and Ghislaine Maxwell's "shocking photos' in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

accidents A chef is sentenced after his pie killed one person and sickened 31 others Carla Sinclair

computer science Scientists successfully created a biological computer out of E. coli Thom Dunn

Exclusive excerpt of three new Christmas Ghost Stories by Seth Mark Frauenfelder

muppets "The Great Gatsby", new to the public domain, gets Muppet adaptation Thom Dunn

Truth, injustice, and the American chocolate bar, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

ethics Towards a "nerdocratic oath" Cory Doctorow

uk London developer makes last-minute changes to lock poor kids out of "communal" playground Cory Doctorow

photography A modern mudlarker finds treasures washed up on the River Thames banks David Pescovitz

videos American Psychosis: the early warning signs of democratic collapse are all around us Cory Doctorow

media An astoundingly odd cinematic cigarette commercial from 1977 David Pescovitz

Games Review / No Man's Sky Rob Beschizza

security How landscape architects fight the last war while designing against mass shootings Cory Doctorow

I hate rodents Sic semper evello mortem rattus norvegicus Jason Weisberger

Caffeine can really mess with your head Murray Carpenter