agriculture Scientists have figured out a way to farm metals from plants Thom Dunn

gold Here's a visualization of all the extracted gold in the world and which countries own it Mark Frauenfelder

Grifters gonna grift Trump advisor Kimberly Guilfoyle hawks gold and silver at CPAC Jennifer Sandlin

crime Catalytic converter stolen from the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile David Pescovitz

debt celing Can Biden issue a trillion-dollar platinum coin to instantly lift the debt ceiling? Mark Frauenfelder

art Repairing a decaying basketball court with the Japanese art of kintsugi David Pescovitz

game of thrones Would you pay $30,000 for one of these ugly-ass Game of Thrones guitars? Thom Dunn

Environment The dangerous, exploitative, and dirty business of "healing" crystals David Pescovitz

class war India's e-waste recycling "markets" are toxic nightmares filled with child laborers Cory Doctorow

science fiction Sci-Fi Sundays: Worlds of IF Science Fiction, August 1964 Caleb Kraft

corruption Panama Papers reveal the tax-avoidance strategies of David Cameron's father Cory Doctorow

books Best older kid's literature from 1966 Joshua Glenn

offworld Fix the broken pieces of this pot, also your life Laura Hudson

offworld The occult gambling game giving out amulets of real gold Laura Hudson