human nature Watch: knife wielding bicyclist stopped by quick-thinking citizens Mark Frauenfelder

human nature Remote tribes react to polar bears, traditional English folk dance, and nursing homes Rusty Blazenhoff

economics Reputation systems work because people are mostly good Cory Doctorow

Science Possible sign of life on Venus David Pescovitz

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

racism Lawyer for gun-toting St. Louis couple describes his clients as "melanin-deficient human beings" Thom Dunn

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema

Science Swiss scientists grew mini Neanderthal brains in petri dishes Thom Dunn

high weirdness Petition to replace every Confederate statue in West Virginia with Mothman Gareth Branwyn

ghosts Quarantining with ghosts David Pescovitz

medicine The "psychobiome" is bacteria in your gut that affects how you think and act David Pescovitz

surveillance Under coronavirus lockdown, Russia expands surveillance state Xeni Jardin

discoveries 41,000+ year old string may have been made by Neanderthals Gareth Branwyn

facial recognition A toilet with facial recognition for your butthole Thom Dunn

coronavirus Amazon and eBay punished coronavirus price-gougers by making it harder for the rest of us to get hand sanitizer Thom Dunn

Science This tiny skull trapped in amber belongs to the smallest dinosaur ever discovered David Pescovitz

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

lego RIP: Jens Nygaard Knudsen, father of the LEGO minifigure Jason Weisberger