communication 100,000 payphones still haunt the United States Seamus Bellamy

castaways Teaser for documentary about the "real-life Robinson Crusoe boys" Mark Frauenfelder

star wars Star Wars origin story for Grand Admiral Thrawn is as wonderful as I hoped Jason Weisberger

medicine PSA: Your birth control pills could be placebos Seamus Bellamy

News 'Multiple Fatalities' in Florida Mass Shooting: Suspect in Custody, 20+ Injured at Parkland's Stoneman Douglas High School Xeni Jardin

ahoy Blackbeard's pirates liked to read novels Clive Thompson

kids books This illustrated kids' book of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial is out of this world Mark Frauenfelder

photography One Dutch couple's insanely racy wedding photos Rusty Blazenhoff

Science Newly-discovered orchid smells like champagne David Pescovitz

futility closet Augustine Courtauld was marooned at a remote weather station in Greenland in 1930 Futility Closet

Talk less draw more This pack of 'Hamilton' crayons will make you 'smile more' Rusty Blazenhoff

music Gangnam Style finally dethroned as most-played YouTube video Rob Beschizza

futility closet In 1629, Dutch castaways on a tiny island faced a desperately murderous leader Futility Closet

books The best young adult literature from 1967 Joshua Glenn

Jeff Greenberg Jeff Greenberg and The Village Studios Jason Weisberger

science fiction The Android’s Prehistoric Menagerie A Merc Rustad

music The stars look very different today Mark Dery

fiction The Age of Dingdong David Cairns

iia Naked and marooned for 60 days on a tiny island Mark Frauenfelder