music A musician couple used biosonic MIDI technology to convert their baby's ultrasound into music Thom Dunn

News RIP Steve Albini, influential producer and musician (1962-2024) Mark Frauenfelder

salt How Switzerland cured endemic goiter Rob Beschizza

museums Ten punk museums and exhibits around the globe David Pescovitz

Jesus The "Holy Spirit Board" is Ouija for Jesus Thom Dunn

biology New study reveals that humans are not related to these spikey, wrinkly anus-less sacks Thom Dunn

music Kurt Cobain's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" guitar and this weird caricature of Michael Jackson he drew are up for sale David Pescovitz

words List of words known better by UK people than U.S. people, and vice versa Mark Frauenfelder

bigotry Republican Representative called trans people "abominations" on the House floor Jess Sabine

animals Meet Skipper, an adorable puppy born with six legs David Pescovitz

architecture The renovation of a gorgeous brutalist house in Brazil Clive Thompson

Disney Disney fires man for taking paternity leave; judge rules it's not discrimination because he didn't give birth Thom Dunn

fake news Hoover killed JFK, RFK & MLK, Brad Pitt's private hell, and Mick Jagger's mental disorder, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

authors Fear and Soldering, an excerpt from Peter Bebergal's Strange Frequencies Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants Reverse-engineering Whatsapp, to let us talk to our friends without Facebook's oversight Cory Doctorow

better part of valor Killing my unfinished game dev projects Rob Beschizza

History Meet Saccorhytus, bloblike human ancestor that shat through its mouth Rob Beschizza

authoritarianism 12-year-old girl suspended because she lent her inhaler to a gasping classmate Mark Frauenfelder

corruption Blackmail: Manila airport security's "bullet scam" Cory Doctorow

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