poetry The periodic table in haiku Gareth Branwyn

politics 2018 essay: "The Case for Letting Malibu Burn" Mark Frauenfelder

Audio Run audio to speakers through your home's power lines Rob Beschizza

music history HBO's "Disciple" reveals the untold story of Stevie Van Zandt's musical odyssey Yoy Luadha

black lives matter Alan Moore has been donating all his Watchmen money to Black Lives Matter Thom Dunn

History Sixty years of A Confederacy of Dunces' Ignatius J. Reilly Elías Villoro

language The Reddit chart of compound pejoratives Rob Beschizza

prodigies Incredible 5-year-old demonstrates how he perfectly writes in more than a dozen fonts (video) Carla Sinclair

makers My favorite maker tips for 2021 Gareth Branwyn

cool tools Watch: pilot episode of Show or Share Mark Frauenfelder

A haiku for each element on the periodic table Annie Rauwerda

medical Twins conjoined at the backs of their heads finally separated and see each other for the first time David Pescovitz

computing Google claims it's figured out how to make a time crystal Thom Dunn

radiation A new breakthrough in the study of Einsteinium, a rare element discovered in a 50s nuclear test Thom Dunn

game theory How "God Makes God" is a 1993 CD-ROM about probability, game theory, genetic algorithms, and evolutionary strategies Mark Frauenfelder

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