happy mutants Chess with wireless, glowing nixie tubes Cory Doctorow

happy mutants I have journeyed to the soul of chocolate and I bring you good tidings Cory Doctorow

Science Former U.S. Intelligence official says the U.S. possesses craft of non-human origin Ruben Bolling

non-newtonian ChatGPT writes a Juice Newton song about Huey and Issac sharing a fig newton Jason Weisberger

Alan Turing Interactive web toy transforms Turing's morphogenesis theory into digital art Mark Frauenfelder

meat Will wiping your anus with toilet paper disrupt your hormones? Jennifer Sandlin

conspiracy theories The Real Truther fact checks and debunks anti-vaxx misinformation and disinformation Jennifer Sandlin

Science Watch Bill Nye's parody of Nirvana: "Smells Like Air Pressure" (video) David Pescovitz

Chicago MSI Mold-A-Rama showcases the history of plastic figurines Bob Knetzger

deaths Feminist scholar Maria Mies dead at 92 Elías Villoro

trumpism Watch 1958's "I Married a Monster from Outer Space" a sci-fi horror allegory for ideological fanaticism Mark Frauenfelder

Science The 19th century Central Park dinosaur museum was vandalized by a mad businessman, not Creationists Ruben Bolling

animals Psychedelic fish, ants, and sponges that can make you trip David Pescovitz

battery Scientists have made an edible rechargeable battery, but suggest you don't eat it Rusty Blazenhoff

conspirituality Diving into the anti-sunscreen movement Jennifer Sandlin

philosophy "Theoretical Puppets" use puppets of Deleuze and Foucault to discuss social theory and philosophy Jennifer Sandlin

Entertainment Voyagers is a forthcoming film about Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan's romance making the Voyager Golden Record David Pescovitz

star wars Donny and Marie Osmond in "Star Wars" Ruben Bolling