History Trump: "We lost 35,000 people to the mosquito" Mark Frauenfelder

History The Panama Canal: The world's most interesting ditch Séamus Bellamy

Dearly departed Grandpa Pudding Brains describes recent chat with President Theodore Roosevelt, who died before he was born Jason Weisberger

Massive lunar canyons formed within minutes, most likely due to asteroid strike Rob Beschizza

mistakes Gigantic container ship blocks Suez Canal, creating an enormous queue Rob Beschizza

boom Using atom bombs to dig ditches: The 1965 comic-strip proposal Clive Thompson

trump Pompeo: Arctic ice melting means 'new opportunities for trade' Xeni Jardin

health Bill Gates wants us to fear mosquitoes, not sharks Cory Doctorow

corruption Stiglitz quits Panama's official money-laundering panel over internal sabotage Cory Doctorow

books Jo Walton's "My Real Children" [book excerpt] Boing Boing