Science A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: DNA, individuals, and species Cory Doctorow

Spider-Man Bolivian brothers let a black widow bite them all in hopes of getting superpowers Thom Dunn

teeth Teen forced dentist to remove braces, at gunpoint David Pescovitz

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

music Why The Animals' Eric Burdon is OK with Trump using "House of the Rising Sun" David Pescovitz

Space Trailer for new docuseries about the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster David Pescovitz

Gadgets Save 15% on this craft tequila that comes with free shipping right to your door Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

short 'Tokri,' a gorgeous stop-motion short 8 years in the making Rusty Blazenhoff

hollywood Japanese sword master reviews the movies, shows how it's done Rob Beschizza

Games Peculiarities and miscellanea of the Street Fighter series Rob Beschizza

animals An author wrote a beautiful tribute to his late dog disguised as writing advice Thom Dunn

pandemic In an ominous sign for economy, 32% of US fell short on July housing payments Mark Frauenfelder

free speech Why Harper's "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" is dumb Mark Frauenfelder

korea After being accused of sexual assault, the mayor of Seoul is found dead Mark Frauenfelder

Barbados If you can work remotely, Barbados want you to come and stay for a year Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus The best (and worst) materials for DIY masks Mark Frauenfelder

voter suppression Trump's campaign against mail-in voting is backfiring by discouraging Republican absentee voters Thom Dunn

#COVIDIOTS The screaming no-masker was fired from his job Mark Frauenfelder

health Even mild coronavirus cases can lead to brain damage, say doctors Mark Frauenfelder