happy mutants Marina Abramović and Kim Stanley Robinson perform "The Hard Problem," a performance-art podcast Cory Doctorow

scientology Judge rules that Scientology boss David Miscavige has been legally served papers in sex trafficking case Rob Beschizza

fly the friendly skies Wells Fargo fires VP who peed on another passenger during an international air flight Jason Weisberger

books Cory Doctorow interviewed about cyberpunk and surveillance capitalism in The New Yorker David Pescovitz

police San Francisco Supervisors vote "yes" on police robots' use of deadly force David Pescovitz

VR VR loses its V; a new visor will kill you Jason Weisberger

science fiction Series based on David Cronenberg's horror classic "Scanners" coming to HBO Gareth Branwyn

trumpism Ever feel that reality itself is trolling us? Gareth Branwyn

memes Why is 1970s character "Little Miss" having a moment? Jennifer Sandlin

media "Fact checkers" attacked a 10-year-old rape victim's abortion story, and the rest is conservative history Rob Beschizza

music Foo Fighters announce Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts David Pescovitz

lsd Former goth stripper Krystle Cole's extraordinary LSD survival story Popkin

Science Tragically, a meager 5% of Northern California's lush kelp forests survive Jason Weisberger

renewable energy The arms race in wind turbines is heating up Andrea James

horror movies Remembering The Incredible Shrinking Man Gareth Branwyn

Jetpacks Jetpacker dies in training accident Rob Beschizza

animation Watch a bizarre Soviet animation short from the 60s Thom Dunn

lucre This graph of the world's 25 richest families who are collectively worth $1.4 trillion Mark Frauenfelder

Comics "Bitter Root" is a frighteningly topical steampunk horror comic set in the Harlem Renaissance Thom Dunn

explainer Great explainer on what advanced civilizations might be like Andrea James