documentary A short documentary from 1968 shows first computer animation of people Mark Frauenfelder

Astronaut's astonishing photo captures a real 2001"Star Gate" moment in space Allan Rose Hill

Comics "You'll Do Bad Things" might be the most gorgeous horror comic you read this year Thom Dunn

dance Is this dancer a human or a robot? Jennifer Sandlin

art Watch what happens when you pour molten metal into a vat of Orbeez Jennifer Sandlin

graphic novels An anti-boring book guide: six great gift picks Mark Frauenfelder

noads Happy mutants rejoice: Boing Boing launches clean, ad-free experience Boing Boing

short films "Skip Danger vs the Space-Time Continuum" is a hilarious anti-time travel movie Thom Dunn

Meow Wolf Otherworldly radio station crashes into Houston: Meow Wolf's mind-bending new exhibit Ellsworth Toohey

Comic Books Marvel's new "Aliens vs Avengers" comic is fun Thom Dunn

vintage "How to Get Gonorrhea": A trip through 1974's most surreal sex ed filmstrip Popkin

Entertainment The mind-bending world of nontransitive dice Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction How "The Gone World" twists time travel into a thrilling, mind-bending mystery Yoy Luadha

books Excerpts from"Mary Tyler MooreHawk," Dave Baker's post-modern mystery and pop culture love letter Gareth Branwyn

books New online class about mind-bending science fiction writer Philip K. Dick taught by the stars of PKD scholarship David Pescovitz

optical illusions Mind-bending visual trick by Japanese psychologist: is it yellow or white? Mark Frauenfelder

art The kinetic art of William Darrell Popkin

art How to make an astonishing Pepper's Ghost illusion with a plastic cup lid and your phone David Pescovitz

graphic novels Mary Tyler MooreHawk is a mind-bending graphic novel from Eisner Award nominee Dave Baker Gareth Branwyn

podcast "Run, Hide, Repeat" podcast tells disturbing story of a childhood full of secrets, spent on the run Jennifer Sandlin