art Artist trolls the Met Gala by showing up naked in a clear box Andrea James

writing Raymond Chandler is the once and future king of opening paragraphs Seamus Bellamy

Reviews Ta-Nehisi Coates's "Black Panther and the Crew" is a powerfully relevant superhero story about Black lives, police brutality, and US history Thom Dunn

Gadgets Here are 10 of the best free offers or giveaways we found this week Boing Boing's Shop

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kickstarter Jim Starlin, creator of many awesome cosmic comics, has a new Kickstarter for his labor of love Thom Dunn

Comics Read the first 10 chapters of my serialized Comic-con satire novel Thom Dunn

Gadgets Galaxy Chromebook reviews Rob Beschizza

Science Undersea telescope seeks out dark matter David Pescovitz

Space NASA's stunning image of our galactic center Gareth Branwyn

NASA Quarantine survival advice from Buzz Aldrin and other astronauts Thom Dunn

astronomy Biggest explosion ever seen in the Universe Gareth Branwyn

Gadgets "Glass" on Samsung's foldable phone no more scratch-resistant than plastic Rob Beschizza

Science Groundbreaking 1979 visualization of black hole Rob Beschizza

This is (allegedly) the original Star Wars Episode IX plot by Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly David Pescovitz

books How Ken Liu went from engineer to lawyer to SF writer to the foremost translator of Chinese sf into English Cory Doctorow

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