happy mutants Tickets for Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) 2020 are now on sale! Cory Doctorow

Funny Gary Larson quietly brings back 'The Far Side' after 25 years away Andrea James

art Modern porcelain sculpture about greed made in classical Chinese style Andrea James

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

dog This teething ring is the only thing keeping my new puppy from eating a freshly renovated kitchen Jason Weisberger

law I found out about this amusing Karen parody of American Girl dolls because they want it taken down Rob Beschizza

star wars LEGO Art announces new posters: Warhol, Beatles, Iron Man, and Star Wars sets Andrea James

art How a Black woman turned quilting into a surprisingly radical art form Thom Dunn

racism Family finds pepperoni swastika on their Little Caesars pizza David Pescovitz

News Los Angeles County beaches CLOSED for 4th of July weekend as coronavirus spikes Xeni Jardin

trump WATCH: Asked about 2nd-term priorities, Donald Trump goofs bigly on Hannity Xeni Jardin

Science NASA delivers first grant in 30 years to support the search for extraterrestrial intelligence David Pescovitz

politics Vanity Fair: Trump campaign manager and "website guy" Brad Parscale to quit Rob Beschizza

Science Scientists have mapped 20 percent of the ocean floor David Pescovitz

Science "My dad launched the quest to find alien intelligence. It changed astronomy." David Pescovitz

facebook Patagonia joins advertising boycott against Facebook Mark Frauenfelder

republican voters against trump Watch: new ad on Fox features lifelong Republicans from Oklahoma who won't be voting for Trump Carla Sinclair

politics Trump tweets he'll double down on DACA kids after Supreme Court loss, also 'FOX IS TERRIBLE!' Xeni Jardin

coronavirus Doctors say DO NOT take Dexamethasone to prevent COVID-19, no evidence it works as a coronavirus prophylaxis Xeni Jardin

robots A speedy, scurrying bug robot the size of a penny David Pescovitz