science fiction An astronomer rates the accuracy of sci-fi spaceships Gareth Branwyn

Entertainment Scary Meter ranks horror movies Popkin

music A highly scientific fictional approach to ranking musical artists using math Thom Dunn

politics Make America Eight Again: U.S. drops to #8 on "Best Countries" list Rob Beschizza

twitter Musk manipulates Twitter to ensure the world sees his tweets at the top of their feed Mark Frauenfelder

twitter Elon Musk tries to restore his failing popularity by firing an engineer Jason Weisberger

Alex Lubin's book, "Never-Ending War on Terror", explains it Elías Villoro

Weird The Apple Review Database Grant St. Clair

popular dog names Top dog names and breeds for 2022 Jennifer Sandlin

lists Apples ranked Rob Beschizza

apple Website ranks apples from best to worst Popkin

Science Why do mosquitos attack some folks and ignore others? Science has an answer Jason Weisberger

MAGA cultists GOP governor refuses to believe Oklahoma has a higher crime rate than New York or California Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids "Unhinged Putin" and World War III in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

statistics Teenage chess grandmaster cheated often, says chess.com Rob Beschizza

sexism Chess commentator fired after "chess is maybe not for women" remark Rob Beschizza

ESP Is Precognition Real? Mitch Horowitz

television The She-Hulk trailer is finally here Devin Nealy

NFTs Someone tried to make a Magic: The Gathering NFT system and Wizards of the Coast isn't having it Thom Dunn