Kids Los Angeles cools street temperatures by painting them white Andrea James

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Science A neuroscientist's take on synthetic telepathy, electrified ESP, and mind control David Pescovitz

Science CLIMATE: 2019 was hottest year on record, NASA and NOAA report Xeni Jardin

climate change Florida GOP finally admits that maybe they shouldn't have banned the phrase "climate change" after all Thom Dunn

science fiction Paolo Bacigalupi's "A Full Life": climate apocalypse with a side of intergenerational warfare and science denial Cory Doctorow

music Video for Patti Smith's gorgeous tribute to avant-garde poet/dramatist Antonin Artaud David Pescovitz

crime Michael Cohen checks into one of "America's 10 Cushiest Prisons" Mark Frauenfelder

videos Former Archbishop of Canterbury cheers on students who are walking out to demand action on climate change Cory Doctorow

racism Portrait of a fake news troll and the racist retiree who believes everything he writes Cory Doctorow

economics Climate change will make beer much more expensive David Pescovitz

Science IPCC climate report is most urgent yet Cory Doctorow

Technology These "smart skin" stickers are also speakers Mark Frauenfelder

fake news This week’s tabloids! With extra exclamation points!! Peter Sheridan

Kids Delightful creatures frolicking in the waves Andrea James

photography Two photographers, unbeknownst to one another, shoot the same picture at the same moment Rob Beschizza

happy mutants My short story about better cities, where networks give us the freedom to schedule our lives to avoid heat-waves and traffic jams Cory Doctorow

music Ursula K. Le Guin on vinyl! "Music and Poetry of the Kesh" David Pescovitz

surveillance London demonstrates the stupid, janky future of Smart Cities Cory Doctorow