time Your yearly existential crisis, now with bonus Beatles references Popkin

History The WWII commando who fought with a broadsword, longbow, and bagpipes Ellsworth Toohey

video games I still don't know what Kingdom Hearts is about, but there's a new one coming Grant St. Clair

Business Microsoft may spin off struggling XBox division Rob Beschizza

Games Sealed 1985 Super Mario Bros game fetches record $3m at auction Rob Beschizza

water Lake Powell is approaching the line where Glen Canyon Dam stops making power Jason Weisberger

art Watch the live Kennedy Center stream of Trump's name coming down (video) Jason Weisberger

treasure ship Mel Fisher's treasure hunters find another chunk of Atocha silver Jason Weisberger

Boing Boing Gadgets Score 5 years of piano lessons with flowkey for only $80 Boing Boing's Shop

gaming Steam is killing physical gift cards to cut off scammers Grant St. Clair

books In 1932, John W. Campbell imagined machines outliving humanity Ellsworth Toohey

Culture The first Tarzan pulp sold for $58,560 at a record-setting auction Ellsworth Toohey

art A sculpture at CIA headquarters has kept a coded message secret for 35 years Ellsworth Toohey

History Estonian supermarket built around a 10,000-year-old Ice Age boulder Popkin

Games The Elder Scrolls 6 teaser is now eight years old and counting Grant St. Clair

Games Indie Nazi-hunting game looks a bit like a playable Inglorious Basterds Grant St. Clair

pure energy Coal finally loses to the Sun Jason Weisberger

Science Decoding whale language could unlock new legal rights for them Ruben Bolling

History The spy who ate live animals, documents, and possibly a toddler Ellsworth Toohey

india Lal Bihari was legally dead for 18 years and fought to undo it Ellsworth Toohey