offworld Battle your friends in a game inspired by 1980s space anime Laura Hudson

kentucky Bourbon time capsule discovered underneath a statue of Jefferson Davis in Kentucky Thom Dunn

Science SCRUBBED: How to watch the historic SpaceX/NASA launch today! David Pescovitz

Gadgets Here’s your last chance to nab some of this week’s best deals Boing Boing's Shop

police Protesting is a non-essential activity, according to the Raleigh Police Department Thom Dunn

toys Fantastic fingerboard trick video from 1999 David Pescovitz

dubious fame The Devil wears Etsy Rob Beschizza

Gadgets This AR gift set has the right stuff for any NASA fan Boing Boing's Shop

Space Rocket failure forces emergency landing by joint American-Russian crew Seamus Bellamy

Tylenol can "ward off existential dread of death and nothingness" Mark Frauenfelder

History My RSS feeds from a decade ago, a snapshot of gadget blogging when that was a thing Rob Beschizza

Old school Buy a random permanent tattoo from this vending machine Rusty Blazenhoff

History Hurricane Maria started in 1898: how America spent more than a century brutalizing Puerto Rico Cory Doctorow

Games The 20 games you shouldn't miss in 2016 Brandon Boyer

war on plants DEA will ban kratom, a popular herbal supplement Mark Frauenfelder

books The Creative Architect – An iconic '50s creativity study finally comes to light in book form Gareth Branwyn

Space NASA is testing a new Mars lander set to launch next March to study planet's mysterious core Xeni Jardin

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow