Business China legalizes eating a pufferfish bred to be nonpoisonous Cory Doctorow

fugu Japan blasts food recall over loudspeakers after people buy potentially lethal fugu fish Carla Sinclair

fugu How to prepare fugu, the deadly poisonous pufferfish of Japan's sushi lore Mark Frauenfelder

nature is metal Look at this wild boar go after a hapless Japanese businessman Mark Frauenfelder

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

classical music A neo-Baroque fugue based on Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" Rusty Blazenhoff

deadly delicacies People love to eat fermented mullet fish, even though the Egyptian government warns them to avoid it Mark Frauenfelder

music Enigma released the second part of Sadeness Rob Beschizza

Food This is the world's smallest sushi David Pescovitz

futility closet In 1906, the Bronx Zoo exhibited a Congolese man in its primate house Futility Closet

NASA Voyagers: David Pescovitz, Tim Daly and Lawrence Azerrad nominated for Grammy award Rob Beschizza

Japan A visit to a secret Nintendo bar in an undisclosed location in Japan Mark Frauenfelder

art This acrobatic art installation is utterly hypnotic Andrea James

Japan In Japan, you can rent this homeless guy for 45 cents a day Mark Frauenfelder

music Kickstarting a "libre" recording of all of Bach's fugues Cory Doctorow

anime "Your Name" is the highest-grossing anime feature ever Mark Frauenfelder

newsletters Curated list of good newsletters Mark Frauenfelder

illumination Illuminated magnifier for $2.51 (including shipping) Mark Frauenfelder

family Meet Japan's 10-year-old philosopher, published author, and grade school dropout Mark Frauenfelder

kawaii Viewing cute images promotes a careful behavior and narrows attentional focus Mark Frauenfelder