History Nixon gave Spain moon rocks from Apollo 11. Spain lost them. Ellsworth Toohey

History Japan's greatest sword was surrendered to a US sergeant in 1946. Nobody knows where it is. Ellsworth Toohey

Technology Security researcher tears apart White House app and finds a tracking and security nightmare Jason Weisberger

Science Strong evidence of life on exoplanet K2-18b turns out to be not so strong after all Ruben Bolling

Ancient gold bracelet of Pharaoh Amenemope disappears from Cairo museum Jason Weisberger

social media British Museum shocked as its stolen artifacts are stolen from it Mark Frauenfelder

Flying Burrito Brothers Flying Burrito Bros's long-lost Nudie suit found Bob Knetzger

retro Short sci-fi story told through imaginary public access station circa 1985 Mark Frauenfelder

Auction: Darth Vader's actual helmet from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back David Pescovitz

elections Elizabeth Warren publishes a massive, detailed plan for addressing the injustice of US relations with indigenous American peoples Cory Doctorow

NASA How to decode the images on the Voyager Golden Record Ron Barry

True Crime The 10 most unsolvable unsolved disappearances James Renner

books Whimsical treasure hunt turns into a grim search-and-rescue Cory Doctorow

You don't really know someone until you steal their sketchbook Michael Borys

offworld A brief history of yarn in video games Laura Hudson

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

lethem The Ecstasist: A Conversation with the Novelist Jonathan Lethem Mark Dery