Copyfight Heiress "Instagram influencer" whose parents are accused of paying a $500K bribe to get her into USC has trademark application rejected for punctuation errors Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Come see John Scalzi and me today at the LA Times Festival of Books! Cory Doctorow

science fiction Come see me at UCLA tonight and then with John Scalzi on Sunday at the LA Times Festival of Books! Cory Doctorow

libraries San Diego! I'm keynoting the 40th anniversary of the Friends of the Public Library today (then: UCLA and LA Times Festival of Books) Cory Doctorow

education McMansion Hell tours the homes of the "meritocratic" one-percenters who allegedly bought their thickwitted kids' way into top universities in the college admissions scandal Cory Doctorow

health For decades, it was an open secret that patients of USC's only full-time gynecologist were complaining about sexual assaults during exams Cory Doctorow

donald trump Relieve stress with Trumpiñata, a Donald Trump piñata app Leigh Alexander

Cooking How to cook a steak by pouring lava on it Elías Villoro

grifters Grifters "befriend" Malibu doctor, pretend to be caregivers, give him LSD, and steal $3 million Carla Sinclair

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aging A 45-year-old tech mogul spends $2M a year to make his body 18 again Thom Dunn

psychology How misophonia, aka "sound rage," can destroy relationships David Pescovitz

russian thistle Wanna grow your own tumbleweed? Now you can! Jennifer Sandlin

adorable creatures Watch naked mole rats in action! Jennifer Sandlin

robots Scientists create new biohybrid robots that are definitely not cyborg zombie mice Thom Dunn

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maps New survey reveals land under Antarctica Rob Beschizza

books Bayt Al Fann, questions, and Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an Elías Villoro