Japan Watch: an evening stroll through the entertainment district of Osaka, Japan Mark Frauenfelder

Safety The Garmin InReach Mini is this digital nomad's new best friend Séamus Bellamy

Comic Books Mike Mignola throws Uri Tupka to the devils Gareth Branwyn

DUI Woman accused of drunken sidewalk chase after child on dirt bike Jason Weisberger

neuroscience Neuroscientist explains why Harry Mack's freestyle brain is different Jennifer Sandlin

decline The Strait of Hormuz won't be a problem after Grandpa Pudding Brains renames it Jason Weisberger

Science 500+ brain scans reveal what LSD, psilocybin, DMT have in common Ellsworth Toohey

"Uri Tupka and the Gods" is a cold, dark, and magnificent trek through Mike Mignola's Lands Unknown Gareth Branwyn

Games Happy birthday, Oblivion! Twenty years of beautiful vistas and unnerving potato faces Grant St. Clair

science fiction Dead sci-fi author debugs reality in Ben H. Winters' "Benjamin" Gareth Branwyn

kickstarter Two surreal sci-fi graphic novels from Scavengers Reign artist Jonathan Djob Nkondo launch on Kickstarter Gareth Branwyn

Sandisk's new portable SSDs cost a pretty penny Rob Beschizza

books John Shirley's guide to wrecking your career in science fiction John Shirley

dogs Woman abandons fake service dog at airline gate, gets arrested, dog gets better family Gail Sherman

adorable animals "Babe, wake up, new panda rat just dropped!": Meet the Northern Luzon Cloud Rat Jennifer Sandlin

History A teenager kept sneaking into Buckingham Palace to "see how royals lived" Ellsworth Toohey

moron Grandpa Pudding Brains taking credit for the English language Jason Weisberger

litigate Man who moved into bear country demands bear respect zoning laws Jason Weisberger

Food B-kyuu gurume: Japan's cult of perfect cheap food Ellsworth Toohey

law America had laws banning ugly people from public until 1974 Ellsworth Toohey