health Short animations about how clicky health-claim headlines are often misleading David Pescovitz

clickbait This company analyzed 100 million headlines to find out which ones were the most effective Mark Frauenfelder

Science "Clickbait"-esque titles work for academic papers too David Pescovitz

Funny Woman-centric clickbait sites parodied Andrea James

Gadgets Open design for an e-ink typewriter Rob Beschizza

Copyfight Brexit means the UK will shelve the EU Copyright Directive (for now) Cory Doctorow

college A 52-year-old ex-Navy SEAL reflects on his first semester as a freshman at Yale Thom Dunn

tips Here's how to get rid of YouTube's hideous thumbnail images Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets The dark truth about mechanical keyboards and gaming Rob Beschizza

navelgazing The chumbox's favorite vegetable-hating doctor tracked down Rob Beschizza

mistakes Lasagne PC case Rob Beschizza

Business Facebook's year-old "improvements" to the newsfeed have elevated enraging Fox News posts to the service's dominant form Cory Doctorow

late stage capitalism The promise and peril of "sonification": giving feedback through sound Cory Doctorow

puzzles This is what 'going viral' looks like Rusty Blazenhoff

astronomy Interview with the astronomer who speculated that Oumuamua might be a sign of extraterrestrial life Rob Reid

religion Probing a mysterious network of dropshippers, evangelicals, crapgadgets, and semi-vacant Manhattan department stores Cory Doctorow

picks As Brazil prepares to elect 'Trump,' Facebook shuts down 68 pages & 43 accounts that got him there Xeni Jardin

youtube Fitness YouTuber breaks down just how little he makes Andrea James

Business To rescue journalism, journalists must collaborate to defend free expression, not merely condemning Trump Cory Doctorow