Technology Watch this guy demonstrate his state-of-the-art prosthetic fingers Andrea James

inspiration How to tie your shoes with just one hand Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Amputee monkeys learn mind control methods to manipulate robotic arm Andrea James

prosthetics Bionic hands controlled by new "minimuscles" implanted in the wearer's arm David Pescovitz

novels Review: "The Nobody People" is like a literary X-Men novel for the Trump era Thom Dunn

Copyfight Minnesota Public Radio sent us one of the weirdest legal threats we've ever received (and they won't explain it) Cory Doctorow

Kids Cop violently arrests and terrorizes a 15 year old Black quadruple amputee Cory Doctorow

health How Memphis's Methodist University Hospital, a "nonprofit," sued the shit out of its Black, poor patients while raking in millions and paying execs more than a million each Cory Doctorow

robots Brains of people with extra fingers could inspire new robotic control systems David Pescovitz

crowdfunding Trump supporters astonished to learn that the man they gave $20m to "build the wall" has nothing to show for it Cory Doctorow

class war American towns survive by fining poor people, and use debtors' prisons to make them pay Cory Doctorow

politics Nancy Pelosi becomes Speaker of The House, 116th Congress is most diverse ever Xeni Jardin

trump Triple amputee veteran starts GoFundMe for Trump's border wall Gina Loukareas

Kids Watch this interesting overview of the current state of human bionics Andrea James

tabloids Exposed! Tucker Carlson’s secret addiction, Meghan Markle’s secret “sister,” and Royal Family secrets, in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Amputee drummer with bionic playing arm launches Kickstarter David Pescovitz

futility closet The story of Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan Futility Closet