happy mutants Come see me at the Edinburgh Festival and/or Worldcon! Cory Doctorow

Business Demolition of derelict robotic parking garages reveals entombed vehicles, trapped for 15 years Cory Doctorow

poetry The oldest written record of "fuck" has been discovered — and it comes from a plague quarantine Thom Dunn

coronavirus Prince Charles tests positive for coronavirus Rob Beschizza

not food Gentleman on EasyJet flight began eating his phone, forced landing David Pescovitz

aviation The case for replacing air travel with high-speed sleeper trains Cory Doctorow

climate change UK officials blame asthmatics for the carbon footprints of 180,000 cars Thom Dunn

mistakes Scotland has its own "can opener" bridge Rob Beschizza

politics Scots welcome new Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Edinburgh Rob Beschizza

fatbergs Latest fatberg news Rob Beschizza

Games Legendary "lost" medieval chess piece found in drawer, expected to go for £1 million at auction David Pescovitz

mistakes Plane lands safely, at wrong airport, in wrong country Rob Beschizza

animals Python smuggles itself out of Australia by hiding in a woman's shoe on an airplane David Pescovitz

planes World's shortest scheduled flight may go electric Rob Beschizza

happy mutants Laser cutters and 3D printers revive century-old a magic lantern show of Erewhon at the Edinburgh Fringe Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Burbankers! There's a Save Magnolia Park meeting on August 13th at Geeky Tees Cory Doctorow