NSFW New 'Hamilton' track about Benjamin F*cking Franklin released, sung by The Decemberists Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Swiss scientists grew mini Neanderthal brains in petri dishes Thom Dunn

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usps They're never going to get rid of the Postal Service because then who would deliver the scorpions? Thom Dunn

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Gadgets Need a new MacBook? Check out this Presidents Day sale that can save you hundreds Boing Boing's Shop

Games Prototype Nintendo PlayStation up for auction. Bidding's already sky high. Rob Beschizza

disneyland Disney one-day passes now cost more than $200 Mark Frauenfelder

Business US charges 4 Chinese spies with hacking Equifax Xeni Jardin

israel Jared Kushner says Palestinians screw-up every opportunity they've ever had, in celebration of a proposed two-state deal that he left them out of Thom Dunn

Science Albert Einstein's funny face is on the world's smallest gold coin Xeni Jardin

picks American warship seizes what U.S. says are Iran missile parts headed to Yemen Xeni Jardin

politics Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicted on corruption charges Rob Beschizza

laws Convict who died and was resuscitated argues that his life sentence has been served David Pescovitz

art Phone call leads police to $800,000 in stolen art by an artist who believed Jesus was a space alien Xeni Jardin

art Small painting that French woman kept in kitchen sells for $26.8 Million Mark Frauenfelder

ransomware The penniless hero of the ransomware epidemic has written more decryptors than anyone else Cory Doctorow