backwards Video of a melting popsicle in reverse Mark Frauenfelder

backwards Watch things happen in reverse David Pescovitz

Comic Books Talking Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics with Visionary Comic Book Creator Tom Scioli Jeffery Klaehn

physics What happens when you shoot a Nerf bullet backward while driving the bullet's speed Mark Frauenfelder

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

Japan Coming soon to Japan: a 60-ft walking Gundam robot Mark Frauenfelder

security Schneier: "It's really too late to secure 5G networks" Cory Doctorow

florida Orlando cop fired after grabbing teen by hair and yanking her head Rob Beschizza

human rights Davos in the Desert is back, and banks and hedge fund managers are flocking to Mister Bone-Saw's side Cory Doctorow

sinkholes Massive sinkhole opens and swallows bus in Pittsburgh Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Raph Koster's next game: the evolution of sandbox play Cory Doctorow

Space 20 mini-moons spotted orbiting Saturn Rob Beschizza

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

Science See the Perseids meteor shower through August 24 David Pescovitz

apollo Brian Eno, Roger Eno, and Daniel Lanois discuss the recording of "Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks" Gareth Branwyn

thou shalt not make a mind in the likeness of a machine Mutant fly strains invented by a neural net Rob Beschizza

Science A treadmill that trips you… for science David Pescovitz

usausausa Americans are too poor to survive whether or not they're working Cory Doctorow

Playdate, a tiny game console with a big pedigree Rob Beschizza

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