video Amateur radio astronomer discovers long-lost satellite Andrea James

family See microbes with a DIY phone microscope Mark Frauenfelder

facebook Facebook's new Fact-Checking policies have carved out an exemption for climate deniers Thom Dunn

Science Enormous and “potentially hazardous" asteroid will fly by Earth tomorrow David Pescovitz

tabloids Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don’t use Viagra, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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

anti-vax The resurgence of measles suggests our society is falling apart Jason Weisberger

learning Kevin Kelly, Adam Savage, Norm Chan discuss continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and how tools open up possibilities Gareth Branwyn

authors Fear and Soldering, an excerpt from Peter Bebergal's Strange Frequencies Gareth Branwyn

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

photography David Granick's beautiful, haunting Kodachrome photos of London's East End Rob Beschizza

los angeles King Tut exhibition starts its final world tour in Los Angeles (March 2018) Rusty Blazenhoff

Science The mystery of the Tully Monster continues David Pescovitz

Flying saucers A catalogue and history of one of the most pervasive subcultures — UFO believers Peter Bebergal

video Lovely animation of the virus that melts gypsy moth caterpillars Andrea James

happy mutants It’s about Time: Reading Steampunk’s Rise and Roots Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall

science fiction The screenwriter of Arrival on how hard it was to adapt Ted Chiang for the screen Rob Beschizza

books Teri S. Wood's Wandering Star Gets New Omnibus Graphic Novel David Mizejewski

snakes Amateur vaccine developer has let venomous snakes bite him 160 times Mark Frauenfelder

writing The story of magic: how narrative destroys conjurers' effects, or elevates them to transcendence Cory Doctorow