podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn

Entertainment How Roger Zelazny's Lord of Light transformed into the CIA's Argo covert op DJ Pangburn

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema

Space NASA renames DC headquarters after Mary W. Jackson Rob Beschizza

Gadgets Planning a road trip? Don't hit the road without this luggage carrier Boing Boing's Shop

Gadgets These are 40 of the coolest things that are on sale this week Boing Boing's Shop

here come the warm jets Anti-piracy steam jets on cargo ships Rob Beschizza

animation Supercut of every stop-motion monster Ray Harryhausen ever animated Thom Dunn

health NYT chart shows all causes of death in NYC over past 20 years, then coronavirus spike Xeni Jardin

Gadgets Rad Power Bikes want to get the world out of their cars and they just may have figured out how to do it Boing Boing's Shop

brazil President Bolsonaro boasts that Brazilians can bathe in excrement and not get sick Mark Frauenfelder

television Watch Johnny Carson joke about the toilet paper shortage David Pescovitz

Business Airlines want $50 Billion federal bailout for coronavirus Xeni Jardin

baby Tactical diaper mat Rob Beschizza

oceans Images from inside Hyundai's capsized cargo ship of waterlogged cars and trucks David Pescovitz

makers DIY plywood chair with book storage Mark Frauenfelder

zero-tolerance gone bad Teacher calls cops on 6-year-old with Down syndrome who pointed a finger gun at her Mark Frauenfelder

health Coronavirus: ~200 Americans evacuated from China will get out of quarantine soon Xeni Jardin

Science Scientists claim 100% accurate way to tell pot from hemp: lasers Xeni Jardin

crime "A piece of shit": Government report on Wells Fargo corruption shows top executives' direct complicity in millions of acts of fraud Cory Doctorow