death Bangkok's Death Awareness Cafe designed to provoke patrons to ponder their demise David Pescovitz

Coffee Unique coffee drink features melting ball of cotton candy dripping into cup David Pescovitz

Tokyo Watch this relaxing walk along Tokyo's Cat Street Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus Turkey arrests 410 citizens for “provocative” coronavirus posts Xeni Jardin

Sex Amsterdam plans to move red light district into a new, indoor erotic mall David Pescovitz

toilets New magazine all about restrooms publishes a growing list of bathroom codes in NYC and beyond David Pescovitz

Japan Rice cooker pancakes look delicious Mark Frauenfelder

Business Starbucks adds oat milk to vegan non-dairy options Xeni Jardin

zero waste Coffee chain ditching cups in 2020, customers must "rent" or bring their own Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Princess Diana’s killer found (yet again) and Epstein scandal blackmail, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

DIY Seize your right to repair by learning a few basic skills Seamus Bellamy

Japan Tokyo Listening – an interview with author Lorraine Plourde Roger Park

Roadside Attractions Paul Bunyan and other fiberglass advertising giants ride again at Bell Plastics in Hayward California Janelle Hessig

mistakes Watch a locomotive tear down Vietnam's terrifying "train street" Rob Beschizza

makers Scotty of Strange Parts shops for wireless LEDs in Tokyo Mark Frauenfelder

fake news Noah’s Ark found, a Palace coup, and a Hollywood poker scam, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Japan Scotty of Strange Parts takes a tour of Akihabara, Tokyo's geek culture headquarters Mark Frauenfelder

cars Welcome to the grim new car-dependent exurban villages of housing-crisis Britain Rob Beschizza

cupcake socialism Fox news host ridiculed for spouting fake facts about Denmark Mark Frauenfelder

travel Overtourism: the plague affecting the world's most interesting places Andrea James