sailing Building a boat to sail around the world when you don't know boat building or sailing Gareth Branwyn

music Listen to Enya's "Watermark" cut up, looped, and transformed into stunning new ambient work David Pescovitz

worse things happen at sea When your yacht is too big for Monaco, Italy, and reality Jason Weisberger

animals Cat makes a room-length leap over owner's head in one bound Popkin

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

History The ghost ship that drifted the Arctic for 38 years Ellsworth Toohey

genocide Italy and Spain bail on Gaza flotilla as Israel looms Jason Weisberger

Business Trump's FTC makes Bezos pay billions despite his desperate bootlicking Ellsworth Toohey

Entertainment How LA movie fans created a cult following around RRR screenings Lee Keeler

law Sailors "essentially imprisoned" on abandoned ships Rob Beschizza

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

Lost Bram Stoker short story "Gibbet Hill" found after 134 years Rob Beschizza

travel Amazingly big cruise ships "stretched" to become absurdly massive Gail Sherman

bizarre competitions Wolfing down scalding hot biscuits and other weird contests from 1897 Mark Frauenfelder

law Small child whacks robber in nuts with large bat Rob Beschizza

south africa Surfers flee rabid seals Rob Beschizza

arrests Online gamer takes RPG a little too far — attacks player in real life with a hammer Carla Sinclair

science fiction "Big Germs" — short fiction by Rudy Rucker Boing Boing

television 40 Years Later, Jeremy Brett is Still the Best Sherlock Holmes Lee Keeler

late stage capitalism World's largest cruise ship, "Icon of the Seas," which includes the largest swimming pool at sea and an "Ultimate Family Townhouse" costing $100,000 per week, sets sail on its first voyage Jennifer Sandlin