playboy A portrait of Hugh Hefner made out of his own junk, by mosaic artist Jason Mecier Rusty Blazenhoff

art Lost 1950s mosaic mural uncovered in NY after decades behind facade Andrea James

star wars LEGO Art announces new posters: Warhol, Beatles, Iron Man, and Star Wars sets Andrea James

travel My life on the road: Marrakesh Seamus Bellamy

Gadgets The right knife can change your entire kitchen and we've rounded up 20 amazing options on sale Boing Boing's Shop

Science Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot image is 30 years old today David Pescovitz

Earthship An Earthship meets a tiny house Gareth Branwyn

astronomy You are looking at 84 million stars in the heart of the Milky Way — how small do you feel now? Gareth Branwyn

trypophobia Is trypophobia a social contagion? Rob Beschizza

art How Susan Kare applied embroidery skills to create the iconic Macintosh icons David Pescovitz

design BART map inspires poster of The Fillmore's upcoming shows Rusty Blazenhoff

Space Astonishing new portrait and video of Jupiter David Pescovitz

art Real street art: potholes turned into mosaics David Pescovitz

web theory Remembering the pre-Netscape browsers Cory Doctorow

books The National Security Sublime: On the Aesthetics of Government Secrecy Matthew Potolsky

Space 1060-hour exposure of the Large Magellenic Cloud Rob Beschizza

photography Dig this psychedelic squirrel's rainbow look David Pescovitz

nra After the Parkland shooting, NRA official reached out to Sandy Hook denier to discuss possibility that it was an anti-gun conspiracy Cory Doctorow

art Kickstarting mosaics made from precious stones and marble that replicate 16th-century anatomical drawings Cory Doctorow

designer humans Could we accidentally bestow human-style awareness into a pig? Arwen Elys Dayton