climate change There's 22 million gallons of nuclear waste under a concrete dome on a Pacific Island, and it's sinking Thom Dunn

godzilla Reflecting on Godzilla and the Bomb Richard Kaufman

tabloids America set to be nuked, anarchy in the US, and the men who knew too much, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

television The time a man held a news anchor hostage on live TV David Pescovitz

asteroids Another week, another warning from NASA about an asteroid headed our way March 3, 2020 Mark Frauenfelder

makers Meet the rocket scientist who invented the Super Soaker David Pescovitz

high school Japanese exchange student shares thoughts on high school's mushroom cloud mascot Mark Frauenfelder

Someone paid US$100,000 for the safety and arming plugs from the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima David Pescovitz

boom Using atom bombs to dig ditches: The 1965 comic-strip proposal Clive Thompson

happy mutants Paul Di Filippo on Radicalized: "Upton-Sinclairish muckraking, and Dickensian-Hugonian ashcan realism" Cory Doctorow

weapons Watch incredible restored footage of the first nuclear bomb detonation David Pescovitz

futility closet Baseball catcher Moe Berg became a spy during World War II Futility Closet

Science The future of science is in your hands: An interview with Michael Nielsen Karl Schroeder

art Liartown, USA leaves Tumblr over NSFW-ban; announces new 544-page Crap Hound book "devoted to images notable for their lack of positivity" Cory Doctorow

picks Joachim Rønneberg, saboteur who wrecked Nazi nuke program, dies at 99 Rob Beschizza

picks Jack Black as twisted Bob Ross doppelgänger in his first episode of "Post Apocalypto" Carla Sinclair

History Japanese students recreate Hiroshima bombing in VR Rob Beschizza

music Money Mark and Roger Federer's excellent tennis racket TV commercial David Pescovitz

fake news Tom Cruise’s healing touch, Nazi Roseanne, and Vanna White’s hooker scandal, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fake news Prince Charles’ four love children, the Clintons’ corruption, and who needs Brad Pitt anyway, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan