offworld Smash the city in this riotous 'slam-em-up' Leigh Alexander

News Facebook to warn users if they try to share content more than 90 days old Xeni Jardin

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

film "Larry: The Burning Man Story" premieres in three time zones over solstice weekend Rusty Blazenhoff

Business Peter Thiel's Palantir gets $500 million from Japan, just before expected IPO Xeni Jardin

education After MLK's assassination, this schoolteacher conducted a legendary social experiment to teach kids about racism David Pescovitz

politics Norma "Roe v. Wade" McCorvey was paid by conservatives to pretend to turn against abortion Rob Beschizza

nihilism Two great deep-dives mine the endless hole at the bottom of Mitch McConnell's inhumanity Thom Dunn

books The rise in home videoconferencing lets us browse more people's bookshelves David Pescovitz

tabloids Coronavirus can make you fat, the Queen is still dying, and a sex tape nightmare, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

cyberpunk How coronavirus is kickstarting the 21st century Mark Frauenfelder

Gadgets Your barista may be at home, but that doesn’t mean your coffee game should suffer Boing Boing's Shop

drugs Throw away any Zantac you have around David Pescovitz

science fiction Max Barry on how science fiction prepares us for the apocalypse Mark Frauenfelder

rock and roll Iggy Pop on the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1979 Gareth Branwyn

cool These gears aren't spinning. It's an optical illusion. Really. (strobe warning) David Pescovitz

Entertainment Watch: trailer for Ozark season 3 Mark Frauenfelder

optical illusions These boxes aren't rotating. It's an optical illusion. Really. David Pescovitz

Gadgets Check out these 20 CBD-infused products Boing Boing's Shop

fbi One of the jurors who convicted Whitey Bulger started up a strange pen pal friendship with him Thom Dunn