music Angry cat sampled into very catchy tune Andrea James

music Listen to the sources of Daft Punk's samples David Pescovitz

music Indie singer sues Bieber over unlicensed sample, but is it even her? Rob Beschizza

music Listen to Shaq's new nü-metal song Thom Dunn

3d printing Using Lego to 3D-print human flesh Thom Dunn

productivity 10 pearls from Kevin Kelly's new book "Excellent Advice for Living" Mark Frauenfelder

Science Scientists discover that fungi can effectively break down plastic Jennifer Sandlin

urine Drink buffalo urine instead of cow urine, scientists report David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Frequency comb breathalyzer can "accurately detect COVID-19" with machine learning Jennifer Sandlin

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clear creek Colorado creek water turned pink, but that doesn't mean it tastes like Kool-Aid Carla Sinclair

COVID-19 New ska punk supergroup comprised of infamous anti-vaxxers sadly not called The Covidiots Thom Dunn

AI These AI voices are scarily good Mark Frauenfelder

pollution More than 43,000 fish dead in wake of toxic Ohio train crash Rob Beschizza

Fancy fonts Font of Dune: the mystery of the science fiction series' classic book cover typeface Rob Beschizza

music It's been forty years since Depeche Mode's "transitional" Construction Time Again Elías Villoro

super mario Radiohead's "In Rainbows" album, recreated entirely with sounds from MARIO 64 Thom Dunn

art CHOIR is a robotic mouth art-display by Server Demirtaş Popkin

AI Software lets you design new synthetic voices from scratch Mark Frauenfelder