tourism Visiting Popeye's village in Malta David Pescovitz

History The devastating 200-year-old tradition of running along a greasy pole in Malta John Struan

web theory Authoritarians used to be scared of social media, now they rule it Cory Doctorow

class war Panama Papers journalist assassinated by car bomb in Malta Cory Doctorow

corruption The Malta Files: a European version of the Panama Papers, revealing a global web of corruption Cory Doctorow

underwater His Life Aquatic Elisabeth Eaves

makers Maker creates electronic device that solders itself like "a self-cooking pizza" Lux Sparks-Pescovitz

drugs Germany will become the second EU country to legalize recreational cannabis Mark Frauenfelder

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

fake news Mueller snubbed, Harry and Meghan exiled, and suicidal airline pilots in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

security Italian prosecutors have given up on catching the person who hacked and destroyed Hacking Team Cory Doctorow

law Bipartisan amendment forces UK government to impose transparency on its offshore tax havens Cory Doctorow

passports Buying citizenship is a $7 billion industry Mark Frauenfelder

museums Desktop museum for sale contains dinosaur bones, "space gems," and sliver of Steve Jobs' turtleneck David Pescovitz

Not Boy Scout Leaders This Time Malta's famous "Azure Window" has collapsed into the sea Mark Frauenfelder

books The best young adult literature from 1967 Joshua Glenn

fireworks Watch one of the world's biggest firework shells fill the sky Caroline Siede

animals First photo of tarantula eating a snake in the wild David Pescovitz

Business European court orders airlines to pay compensation for delays from mechanical failures Cory Doctorow

Meet me in Atlantis: my obsessive quest to find the sunken city Mark Adams