picks John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, hospitalized in declining health at 95 Xeni Jardin

tabloids Megxit Explodes – Who’s to blame? in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

retro Model rocket pioneer, Vern Estes, celebrates his 90th birthday Gareth Branwyn

Games Review / Control Rob Beschizza

politics Mayor accused of failing to fullfil road maintenance promises is dragged through the streets by angry voters Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The lost audiobooks of Roger Zelazny reading the Chronicles of Amber Cory Doctorow

racism Justin Trudeau wore brownface at a party in 2001 when he was a private school teacher Xeni Jardin

Safety Life in prison plus 150 years for monster who secretly filmed kids in their bedrooms Seamus Bellamy

computer science "Intellectual Debt": It's bad enough when AI gets its predictions wrong, but it's potentially WORSE when AI gets it right Cory Doctorow

b-side Alan Turing will be on England's £50 note Rob Beschizza

happy mutants David Silverberg's "Terms and Conditionals": the things you just agreed to David Silverberg

Science The Reality Bubble: how humanity's collective blindspots render us incapable of seeing danger until it's too late (and what to do about it) Cory Doctorow

neuroscience Humans have a sixth sense for Earth's magnetic field David Pescovitz

media Archive of the incredible mid-1960s magazine, "fact:" Mark Frauenfelder

Tom the Dancing Bug Billy Dare, in "Octo-Danger," in which the plot goes strangely astray Ruben Bolling

music Save 20% on the Voyager Golden Record 2xCD/Book edition David Pescovitz

Copyfight Not in our name: Why European creators must oppose the EU's proposal to limit linking and censor the internet Cory Doctorow

scholarship Predatory journals aren't just a scam: they're also how quacks and corporate shills sciencewash their bullshit Cory Doctorow

Science The Atlantic again concern-trolls: SHOULD CHILDREN HAVE SEX CHANGES? Andrea James

Kids Watch how TIME created their new cover image with 958 drones Andrea James