adorable animals The celebration of the life of Cindy the Baboon will be live-streamed on February 1 Jennifer Sandlin

death Start-up turns cremains into stones to help people connect with their departed loved ones Rusty Blazenhoff

mass shootings Sandy Hook memorial opens Rob Beschizza

museums The reason Arnold Schwarzenegger quoted The Terminator in the Auschwitz concentration camp museum's guestbook David Pescovitz

memorials A beautiful memorial to 4989 Irish lost to COVID-19 Jason Weisberger

happy mutants The Internet Archive is hosting a symposium on John Perry Barlow on April 7 (and I'm emceeing) Cory Doctorow

picks Arlington National Cemetery is the only monument we need to Robert E. Lee Jason Weisberger

poker Dead poker player sits down for his last game Mark Frauenfelder

maga mike Mike Johnson won't hang a plaque honoring the cops who defended Congress Jason Weisberger

Games Documenting the drama, disputes and legal action behind Skyrim's most popular mod Grant St. Clair

History When grief was gem-set: the eerie Victorian brooches made of hair, teeth, and tears Popkin

politics Public historians slam Trump's statue garden plan Jennifer Sandlin

History Scotland honors historical victims of witch hunts with new tartan design Grant St. Clair

Science Scientists develop slime that generates electricity when squeezed Ellsworth Toohey

Science There's a room-sized time capsule in Georgia that will be opened 6,098 years from now Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Legal expert: Hate streamer Johnny Somali's harassment campaign in South Korea could lead to massive financial penalties Mark Frauenfelder