offworld Last week on the colony: Monday, July 6 Leigh Alexander

magic North Korea state media officially admits that Kim Jong Un did not teleport or time travel David Pescovitz

happy mutants Part two of my novella "Martian Chronicles" on Escape Pod: who cleans the toilets in libertopia? Cory Doctorow

Science NASA launching living things into deep space for the first time (on purpose) in nearly 50 years David Pescovitz

I hate rodents Sic semper evello mortem rattus norvegicus Jason Weisberger

corruption Trump's spy agencies say AI vendors will sell them needle-detection tools for infinite haystacks Cory Doctorow

Science Aquarium coral poisons sleeping Alaska families and pets with toxic aerosolized slime Cory Doctorow

short story Dandelion Leo Vladimirsky

offworld Offworld Monday reflection: Chimes, specimens and Tinder Leigh Alexander

offworld Offworld Monday Reflection: Living card games, white whales and digital bonsai trees Laura Hudson

offworld Offworld Monday Reflection: Desert wars, desert horror, and Encarta on acid Leigh Alexander

gift guide Vampire squids, tuber worms and other extraordinary creatures found in The Deep Wink

fiction The Man Who Sold The Moon Cory Doctorow

Games The 20 games you shouldn't miss in 2014 Brandon Boyer

Finding Hidden Treasures in Los Angeles Mark Frauenfelder