library Giving Tuesday: The Mechanics' Institute Jason Weisberger

Tom Hayden SF: Remembering Tom Hayden, Feb. 9th at the Mechanics' Institute Jason Weisberger

birds Scientists observe evidence of actual counting crows Thom Dunn

rap Lupe Fiasco to teach at MIT: "Rap is a Lossless Data Compression Algorithm" Elías Villoro

occult The Enduring Legacy of Parapsychologist J.B. Rhine Mitch Horowitz

geometry Why wombat poop is shaped like a cube Clive Thompson

north korea North Korea reportedly has a fleet of military dolphin assassins, too Thom Dunn

genetics Scientists successfully implanted human genes into monkeys to increase their brain mass Thom Dunn

mathematics New research: There's a 50-50 chance we're living in a simulation and here's how to find out David Pescovitz

Science Startling, beautiful, and weird close-up images of our Sun David Pescovitz

truthers 9/11 Truthers are still at it about Building 7 Mark Frauenfelder

dna Scientists have successfully performed CRISPR gene editing in a live human body for the first time ever Thom Dunn

sandworm Someone is targeting "critical infrastructure" safety systems in networked attacks Cory Doctorow

Science Gorgeous and fascinating look into the science of animal schooling Andrea James

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

Technology What does it mean to be human in an age of machines? Institute for the Future

Quantum computing breakthrough announced Rob Beschizza

Mein Führer, I can walk! Gareth Branwyn