superheroes Listen to NPR's new public domain superhero musical, Micro-Face Thom Dunn

hbo The evolution of HBO's Sonic IDs Andrew Yi

Comics NPR's Planet Money explores the economics of super hero intellectual property Thom Dunn

lawsuits Marvel and DC lose trademark on "superhero" Gail Sherman

Space Doomsday vault on the Moon would hold back-up of Earth's plants and animals Allan Rose Hill

News "Unicorn cult" leader switches her grift Jennifer Sandlin

politics Round or Flat? MAGAs don't know what shape the planet is Jason Weisberger

elon musk Tesla's simpering chairperson insists Musk really deserves this $56 Billion Jason Weisberger

climate change Can chickpeas and date seeds save you from the looming coffee apocalypse? Yoy Luadha

tabloids Scientology doomed, Royal family doomed, and Island of the Damned in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

auralnauts Auralnauts shares "Zack Snyder's STAR WARS: Part 1 – A New Hope" Jason Weisberger

capitalist killjoy Stanley water bottle madness grips America Jennifer Sandlin

Neptune and Uranus more boring colors than most people thought Rob Beschizza

twitter Twitter CEO praises Musk's bizarre "Go f*ck yourself" meltdown in memo to staff Mark Frauenfelder

capitalism How private equity firms use public pension funds to screw other workers Thom Dunn

climate change Smash Mouth wrote "All Star" to warn us about climate change & anti-intellectualism and we turned it into a meme Thom Dunn

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video games Meet "Tren" — the hidden gem in "Dreams" that could be this year's best puzzle game Grant St. Clair

video games Microsoft and Sony sign agreement to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation Grant St. Clair

books Star Wars: From a Certain Point of View is a rewarding retelling Elías Villoro