NASA NASA legend Katherine Johnson turns 100 years old this week Seamus Bellamy

picks John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, dies at 95 Xeni Jardin

picks John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, hospitalized in declining health at 95 Xeni Jardin

deaths Annie Glenn, widow of astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, dies age 100 of COVID-19 Xeni Jardin

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

air travel What to do when random airport security screening isn't all that random Seamus Bellamy

language The Yiddish roots of "glitch" David Pescovitz

corruption Brazil's highest court rules that Bolsonaro cannot use criminal investigations to harass Glenn Greenwald and The Intercept Cory Doctorow

coca-cola Cook whips up a batch of 1886-recipe Coca-Cola Seamus Bellamy

putin Russian agent Maria Butina sentenced to 18 months in prison Xeni Jardin

theranos Kate McKinnon to star as Elizabeth Holmes in limited series for Hulu Gina Loukareas

corruption Pentagon Inspector General reveals widespread retaliation against whistleblowers with impunity for the retaliators and the wrongdoers Cory Doctorow

fake news Glenn Miller’s death plane, Robert Durst’s cannibal appetites, and exploding heads in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Copyfight Happy Public Domain day: for real, for the first time in 20 years! Cory Doctorow

tabloids The Queen’s Nazi shame, JonBenet’s killer found, and Owen Wilson’s baby mama revealed, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fake news Celebrity UFO sightings, secret witnesses, and cold cases solved in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

corruption Cheap dates: here's how much it cost the telcoms sector to buy Congress and murder Net Neutrality Cory Doctorow

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

History 1966 space documentary shows earliest attempts to eat in zero gravity Andrea James

scholarship Republicans are the primary beneficiaries of gerrymandering Cory Doctorow