Culture An American artist illustrates a webcomic love letter to her hometown of Wuhan Thom Dunn

candle A candle that smells like Chinese takeout Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Roy Horn lives, China lied, and Murder Hornets Swarm America, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science How to improve your fried rice using physics David Pescovitz

racism Mexican restaurant shamed for racist piñata Mark Frauenfelder

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

Technology Amazon used a China firm on U.S. blacklist for thermal cameras to monitor workers for COVID-19 fever Xeni Jardin

Science Maybe the coronavirus emanated from a China research lab after all, say US and UK intelligence Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Wholesale restaurant supply chain opens to the public for the first time — I left with TP, milk, and more (photos/tips) Rusty Blazenhoff

Business Uber to provide 'millions' of face masks against coronavirus to drivers and Uber Eats food delivery workers Xeni Jardin

dna Scientists have successfully performed CRISPR gene editing in a live human body for the first time ever Thom Dunn

tabloids An Epstein tell-all, a vengeful Queen wannabe, and Harry & Meghan’s final insult, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

health China bans sale of wild animals as novel Wuhan coronavirus deaths increase Xeni Jardin

health China facing 'grave situation' as Wuhan virus deaths increase, Xi says Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Wuhan woman boasts about beating coronavirus check so she could fly to Paris for Michelin-star meal Mark Frauenfelder

Real things you can actually buy This isn't a gas can — it's a purse Rusty Blazenhoff

Copyfight China wants to lead the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization Cory Doctorow

useful stuff Chinese Sci-Fi/Writing advice/DIY aromatic shower in the new Recomendo Mark Frauenfelder

grifters Trump's "China muse" advisor has been citing a made-up economist for years Thom Dunn

Food Five favorite street foods in Tokyo Mark Frauenfelder