reverse engineering Researchers reverse-engineer Roman concrete Andrew Yi

legend of zelda Gamers create web tool to help solve the worst Zelda minigame ever Clive Thompson

cereal It's not easy to make Lucky Charms from scratch Rusty Blazenhoff

Boing Boing Gadgets Reverse-engineering a connected Furby toy, revealing its disturbing security defects Cory Doctorow

security Shazam song-identification program keeps your mic on, even when you turn it off Cory Doctorow

Games Classic 90s game Worms 2 hacked to run on modern computers—and to have its hidden features Rob Beschizza

california Sewage to be recycled into drinking water, as California battles drought Jason Weisberger

Failure Ninth Circuit says FCK no to bigot's vanity license plate Jason Weisberger

Games Classic game Another World implemented as hardware Rob Beschizza

tabloids A paranoid prince, proof of UFOs, and a panicked Trump in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science Former U.S. Intelligence official says the U.S. possesses craft of non-human origin Ruben Bolling

perverse engineering Drones installed in taxidermied birds. They even flap, nightmarishly. Rob Beschizza

art Artist Connor Gottfried dissects his Gameboy-inspired pieces in an exclusive interview Devin Nealy

weather Pirate Weather offers accessible forecast data to developers Rob Beschizza

fizzy air bubble curtain Army Corps of Engineers electrifies Illinois lock to keep Asian Carp out of Lake Michigan Andrew Yi

reddit Redditor reverse engineers Chipotle's chicken recipe Andrew Yi

hackers This guy reversed engineer Wordle so he knows the answer to tomorrow's puzzle Mark Frauenfelder