dangerous things PBS: why do some people hate cilantro? Mark Frauenfelder

dangerous things A very dangerous mousetrap Mark Frauenfelder

punk rock Celebrate Emma Goldman's birthday (belatedly) with this radical song Thom Dunn

COVID-19 Obsessive-compulsive disorder as practice for COVID-19 David Pescovitz

Science Coronavirus 'acts like no pathogen humanity has ever seen,' say doctors Xeni Jardin

new york city A day in NY in the early 1980s through the eyes of musicians, artists, activists, filmmakers, and more Gareth Branwyn

disasters Sci-fi author Ted Chiang on the disaster novel we're currently living through Gareth Branwyn

science fiction Max Barry on how science fiction prepares us for the apocalypse Mark Frauenfelder

trump Trump: 'I would love to have the country opened up and just raring to go by Easter' Xeni Jardin

Book World Made By Hand is a post-pandemic world novel Mark Frauenfelder

coronavirus How a woman from Wuhan took care of her infected mother without becoming infected herself Gareth Branwyn

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

Japan Fun new Japanese anti-drug video featuring creepy cannabis bats David Pescovitz

surveillance What it's like inside the CIA during Donald Trump's "Deep State" purge Thom Dunn

coronavirus China is now deep-cleaning and even destroying cash in fight against coronavirus Carla Sinclair

education Boston Police Union throws a tantrum over Black Lives Matter at school week Thom Dunn

transparency How the Trump administration is putting public records under threat, so history may never know the awful things they did Thom Dunn

cookie monster Waze's Cookie Monster voice is the only thing keeping me sane right now Thom Dunn

infosec Firewalla is a simple but effective way to take control of your home network Thom Dunn

crime White nationalists planned to murder cops and pro-gun protesters in Virginia Cory Doctorow