Science Sequencing an anciet girl's genome from a 5,700-year-old piece of chewing gum David Pescovitz

recipe Make nearly any flavor of chewing gum, in your microwave Rusty Blazenhoff

baseball No more spitting in Major League Baseball David Pescovitz

tabloids Coronavirus can make you fat, the Queen is still dying, and a sex tape nightmare, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

tabloids His Royal High-ness Prince Harry’s Pot Farm, and stars with only months to live, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

film A fun activity to do at home: "Narrate A Piece of Quotidian Footage" Mark Frauenfelder

Science A 1953 colloquium pondered the question "Did Man Once Live By Beer Alone?" Clive Thompson

tabloids Royal scandals and the Obamas divorce, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

web theory Shoshana Zuboff discusses her new book, "Surveillance Capitalism" Cory Doctorow

Is it ok to toss your apple core or banana peel into the woods? David Pescovitz

booze To boldly drink and regret the night before: there's Star Trek vodka to be had Seamus Bellamy

singapore Street interview: what do Singaporeans think of their strict laws? Mark Frauenfelder

Science Goldman Sachs report: "Is curing patients a sustainable business model?" Cory Doctorow

fake news World War III, Trump, and proof Princess Diana was murdered, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

fake news JFK’s killer, Michael Jackson’s ghost, and Meghan Markle’s halibut, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

fake news Bible predictions: talking pets, the Mark of the Beast, and an exploding pop star, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

Trump’s space death ray, Hillary Clinton’s liberation, and alien mummies, in this week’s tabs Peter Sheridan

art Hieronymus Bosch pinatas Andrea James

fake news Trump’s White House hit list, America’s most hated mom, and sex scandals, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

makers The MakeShift Challenge (or what would MacGyver do?) Gareth Branwyn