intellectual property Trademark office petitioned to cancel Oracle's trademark on "JavaScript" Rob Beschizza

books Her wedding necklace cost $75,000. She died guarding a worthless mine Ellsworth Toohey

anthropology Hidden North American tribe performs daily self-torture in pursuit of beauty Ellsworth Toohey

Games European gaming history often ignored in US-centric retrospectives Rob Beschizza

wonderful creatures Ain't no party like an opossum birthday party Jennifer Sandlin

seeds De-extinction event: York groundsel, eradicated in wild, re-established there from seeds Rob Beschizza

ants Look at these ants "pave" a piece of sticky tape with sand Mark Frauenfelder

Games A500 Mini: Commodore's 16-bit legend gets the classic console treatment Rob Beschizza

art Fire ants created this art Andrea James

atari Eight Atari-branded hotels coming to America Rob Beschizza

youtube Horace Goes Copyright Striking Rob Beschizza

News Calls of 'active shooter' lead to evacuation of Century City Mall, Los Angeles police respond to reports of 'Man with a Gun' Xeni Jardin

Kids Watch an autonomous race car navigate a course Andrea James

books Matt Ruff talks about his masterful antiracist novel Lovecraft Country, out in paperback today Cory Doctorow

walt whitman Walt Whitman — patriotic poet, gay iconoclast, shrewd marketing ploy, or all three? Ben Marks

music Medieval music recreated and performed for the first time in 1000 years Rob Beschizza

Entertainment Louis C.K. just released a new 'surprise' web show with Alan Alda, Steve Buscemi, Edie Falco Xeni Jardin

Book How to help get guitars and instruction into the hands of inner-city and at-risk youth Dave Finkel

The surprising history of hippy crack Linda Rodriguez