deep thoughts Why it's hard to measure who dove deeper into the Mariana Trench Clive Thompson

Gadgets This creative writing training will help you become a literary wordsmith Boing Boing's Shop

tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

News Konami Code creator Kazuhisa Hashimoto has died Xeni Jardin

health care disaster After a 2-hour wait in emergency room, a 25-year-old woman leaves to find help elsewhere and dies Mark Frauenfelder

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

Funny Police sad over spilled donuts get sweet surprise ending Xeni Jardin

happy mutants The Challenge Vault: a locksport training tool and mechanical puzzle that teaches you to be a safecracker Cory Doctorow

World Mental Health Day It’s World Mental Health Day: A primer on depression for the public-at-large Maureen Herman

religion This is the art of pantomime. In church. David Pescovitz

jellicle cats come one come all I love TS Eliot and Andrew Lloyd Weber but the 'Cats' trailer scares me Jason Weisberger

plagiarism High school student claims principal plagiarized Ashton Kutcher for graduation speech David Pescovitz

advice How to manage anxiety and depression in 10 easy* steps Faris

speech Brain-computer interface successfully translates thought into synthesized speech David Pescovitz

politics Judge Amy Berman Jackson imposes gag order on Roger Stone, can no longer speak publicly about the investigation or case Xeni Jardin

#grombre #Grombre thoughts: Why many women are going grey Xeni Jardin

politics Lyndon LaRouche, 1922-2019 Rob Beschizza

picks Instagram to blur self-harm images after Molly Russell's suicide Xeni Jardin

book reviews The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality Ferdinando Buscema