star wars Adam Savage nerding out over one of the few surviving X-Wing models from Star Wars Episode IV Gareth Branwyn

tabletop gaming Putting together a game-modeling "bitz box" on a budget Gareth Branwyn

tabletop gaming Scratch-built model master class Gareth Branwyn

tabletop gaming Making a retro-futuristic hover car from deodorant sticks Gareth Branwyn

collaborators Monster Bash modeling challenge Gareth Branwyn

tabletop gaming Modeling with plastic sprues Gareth Branwyn

tabletop gaming Highly-detailed post-apocalyptic abandoned gas station diorama Gareth Branwyn

makers Interview with the creator of ultra-realistic tiny Tokyo buildings Mark Frauenfelder

Business Three AI models battle daily in $5 stock picks Ellsworth Toohey

music "Failed second album" is a myth. Blame music critics. Rob Beschizza

Science Academic fraud endemic in published research, from photoshopped blots to AI slop Rob Beschizza

Tintin Check out Porto's other cool bookstore—even if you're not a Tintin fan Bob Knetzger

AI models Essays explore the hellscape of freelance AI model training Jennifer Sandlin

mistakes Why sofas are crap Rob Beschizza

climate change Smash Mouth wrote "All Star" to warn us about climate change & anti-intellectualism and we turned it into a meme Thom Dunn

gadgets The Analog Thing: an open-source, cutting-edge analog computer Rob Beschizza

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

Space Artificial meteor shower to light up the sky… for science (and, yep, entertainment) David Pescovitz

hot wheels Big fun with tiny car racing Bob Knetzger

Spoken Word with Electronics How to Make Sound Waves from Moonlight Ethan Persoff