memes The ultimate trolley problem crams in every other philosophical question it can Thom Dunn

COVID-19 A thought experiment: If Virus Tests Were Sodas Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Three artificial pancreases: a special trio of Catalog of Missing Devices entries Cory Doctorow

Science Luna's prime real-estate and how to seize it Cory Doctorow

Science Why Ganzfeld experiments haven't proven ESP Popkin

Entertainment First look: Epic Universe's Dark Universe, featuring classic Universal monsters, is a theme park masterpiece Ruben Bolling

fun Gaston Tissandier's 1883 "Swimming Apparatus" gave humans propeller power Popkin

Entertainment A deep, deep dive into the history of Disney's animatronics Ruben Bolling

cats Scientists trap Schrödinger's Cat in quantum superposition Thom Dunn

computer history Watch the 1968 Bell Labs documentary that inspired HAL 9000's famous death scene Ellsworth Toohey

art Porcelain Ai Weiwei sculpture smashed by "notorious vandal" Rob Beschizza

Science Physicist Sean Carroll and the biggest ideas in the universe Ruben Bolling

Science Kitchen science: Unexplained cooking phenomena Jason Weisberger

personal finance In 1995, Patrick Combs deposited a fake junk mail check for $95,093 and the bank cleared it Mark Frauenfelder

medical mishaps Unbelievable tale of a gentleman's unfortunate bottle encounter Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Titanic "curse" and a mad scientist in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

mistakes The capsaicin chile fire challenge is maybe a bad idea Elías Villoro

economics David Graeber's posthumous new book explores how pirates created liberalism Thom Dunn

occult "Uncertain Places: Essays on Occult & Outsider Experiences," is a trip Ferdinando Buscema

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