religion Babylonian tablets reveal kings installed royal doubles during eclipses, then executed them Ellsworth Toohey

travel $21k nightmare: Norwegian Cruise Line abandons family in Alaska  Ellsworth Toohey

stowaways Man who vanished after flying from London to NYC without ticket or passport has been re-arrested David Pescovitz

passports Only three people in the world travel passport-free Mark Frauenfelder

ancient history Egyptian mummy believed to be male priest turns out to be a pregnant female Thom Dunn

archaeology The jars in this Egyptian tomb still smell sweet 3,000 years later David Pescovitz

climate change The wealthiest countries spend twice as much on border security as climate change Thom Dunn

Business Kathryn Spiers: 'I was fired last week by Google for organizing.' Xeni Jardin

authors Fear and Soldering, an excerpt from Peter Bebergal's Strange Frequencies Gareth Branwyn

corruption The Snoopers Charter gives these 48 organisations unlimited, secret access to all UK browsing history Cory Doctorow

uk Brexit, by a Serbian "fake Briton" Jasmina Tesanovic

forest charter Screw the Magna Carta. The Charter of the Forest is where it's at Rob Beschizza

History Misleading on Marriage: how gay marriage opponents twist history to suit their agenda Lisa L. Spangenberg