alcohol Secret gadget to bust prohibition-era speakeasies Mark Frauenfelder

conservation Diego and other giant tortoises head to home island after saving their species Andrea James

puzzles A surprising solution to the (in)famous "Cross the Network" puzzle Mark Frauenfelder

futility closet Boxer Johann Trollmann challenged the Nazis' presumption of his ethnic inferiority Futility Closet

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Economy Another 4.4m filed for unemployment last week Rob Beschizza

politics 6.6m Americans filed for unemployment last week Rob Beschizza

science fiction Max Barry on how science fiction prepares us for the apocalypse Mark Frauenfelder

animals Newly discovered c.1933 footage of the extinct Tasmanian Tiger (thylacine) David Pescovitz

Science Physicist Freeman Dyson's alien megastructure legacy David Pescovitz

News Is Corona Beer experiencing the AIDS/Ayds effect? Mark Frauenfelder

futility closet Grey Owl, the world's best-known conservationist in the 1930s, turned out not to be who he'd claimed Futility Closet

Jesus Merry Christmas, someone stole Jesus's foreskin Thom Dunn

History Public cemeteries as a precondition for the sale of land John Struan

History At the chemist’s: recording of a 1930s conversation in England Rob Beschizza

History "Halloween in a Box" tells the story of plastic costumes of yore Rusty Blazenhoff

music Interview with Rare Blues Collector John Tefteller, who bought a $37,100 record Roger Park

go round and round How school buses became yellow, and some of the safest vehicles on the road Clive Thompson

censorship Art Spiegelman pulled his Marvel Folio Society intro after Disney demanded that he not criticize Trump Cory Doctorow

History The interesting story behind Dorothea Lange's famous "Migrant Mother" photo Mark Frauenfelder