video Tame Impala's "Eventually" cut to Kubrick's '2001' Andrea James

Science Did you leave your hamster DNA on a train? David Pescovitz

Japan Alien-looking robot to stock convenience store shelves David Pescovitz

micronations Sealand's caretakers Rob Beschizza

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

Gadgets Finally, skincare for men that isn't complicated Boing Boing's Shop

Kinman Dwarf galaxy Massive star 100 times larger than the sun mysteriously disappears Carla Sinclair

television The time a man held a news anchor hostage on live TV David Pescovitz

photographs The chemist who made big bucks hoaxing ghost photos David Pescovitz

Food Post office evacuated and workers treated for durian exposure David Pescovitz

cars This Austin-Healey Bugeye Sprite looks to be the most cheerful of cars Jason Weisberger

psychology How Maria Konnikova used her psychology background to be a champion poker player Mark Frauenfelder

movies Return of the Ewok, an unreleased mockumentary starring Harrison Ford, Mark Hamill, and Carrie Fisher David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Pro-Trump activist kicked off plane for refusing to wear a mask Mark Frauenfelder

puzzles My trip through the Starmaze: a world in the 9th dimension Jane Frauenfelder

police How every police officer becomes complicit in a terrible system Thom Dunn

police Howard Stern and the Village People both fell for a satire article about the cop from the Village People Thom Dunn

pentagon The Pentagon developed a plan to stop a potential Gen Z rebellion in the 2020s. Thom Dunn

police Military police un-ironically re-stage the Boston Massacre during anti-police protests Thom Dunn

protests NYPD traps protestors on bridge for hours after curfew Rob Beschizza