education Watch how this beautiful game exhibit helps kids figure out ecosystems Leigh Alexander

donald trump Judge hilariously trolls Donald Trump — and QAnon — by picking the March 4 trial date Carla Sinclair

tabloids JFK murder cover-up and Trump's mob ties in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

film criticism The top films of 2023, thus far Greg Nussen

bari weiss The rise and fall of the "Anti-Woke" industrial complex Thom Dunn

china Lobbyist on Fox claims NYC air pollution from wildfires is harmless: "There's nothing in them." Mark Frauenfelder

Science Study: Small-brained hominins used fire, engraved tools and cave walls, and buried their dead Ruben Bolling

Science The 19th century Central Park dinosaur museum was vandalized by a mad businessman, not Creationists Ruben Bolling

Science Experimental documentary "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" is a cinematic rarity Greg Nussen

pride The New York Times called out for editorial bias about transgender, non-binary, and gender non-conforming people by its own writers Jason Weisberger

books Checking out the Black Speculative Arts Movement Elías Villoro

books Cory Doctorow interviewed about cyberpunk and surveillance capitalism in The New Yorker David Pescovitz

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

star trek Harlan Ellison auction includes the world's most (in)famous "Star Trek" photo Mark Frauenfelder

censorship Assistant Principal fired for reading children's book about butts to children Thom Dunn

urban planning Freeing everyone from The Matrix would be a logistical disaster Thom Dunn

omicron Second U.S. person with omicron was at an NYC anime convention with 53,000 people Mark Frauenfelder

psychology RIP Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of "Flow" (1934-2021) Mark Frauenfelder

legend Ed Asner dies at 91, lived a complete life and made fun of my shoes Kevin Reome

books Read an exclusive excerpt from "An Internet In Your Head: A New Paradigm For How The Brain Works " Thom Dunn