competition Competition is fierce in 'Sheep to Shawl,' where teams have 3 hours to weave a shawl from freshly-shorn sheep Rusty Blazenhoff

offworld A wordless game about coming to terms with the past Laura Hudson

florida Confusing 23-mile line of yellow paint mysteriously appears along Florida's I-95 freeway Mark Frauenfelder

Science National Science Foundation's new center connects Indigenous wisdom with Western science David Pescovitz

maga Potential threat in Palin's words: "What's the use in being a good guy?" Mark Frauenfelder

books "Bridge" is a dimension-hopping thriller about grief, motherhood, and parasitic worms Thom Dunn

murder The strange sad story of a schizophrenic murderer who worshipped Sigourney Weaver as a goddess Thom Dunn

manhattan 2014's "Manhattan" offered a longer retelling of Oppenheimer's story Bob Knetzger

Games Myst for Atari 2600 Rob Beschizza

transgender HBO's "The Stroll" is a testament to Trans strength Greg Nussen

A book about the rebellious history of the banjo Elías Villoro

books Zena Sharman's "Queering Death" series tackles end of life care for LGBTQ+ people Elías Villoro

san francisco Watch a puppet robot on a piano-mobile sing 'A Thousand Miles' through San Francisco Rusty Blazenhoff

Half a century of Los Lobos del Este de Los Angeles: "Just another band from East L.A." Elías Villoro

youtube YouTubers create real-life bulletproof suit Grant St. Clair

music videos Indie rock supergroup boygenius's first album is out, with a music video directed by Kristen Stewart Thom Dunn

Grace Jones to headline OUTLOUD Pride Music festival Elías Villoro

movies Aliens: Dark Descent looks like an incredible experience Devin Nealy

video games Power Wash Simulator now canonically part of Final Fantasy Grant St. Clair

Science Nathalie Meibach weaves some of the coolest baskets I've ever seen Popkin