Science Water on Mars, NASA reveals Xeni Jardin

voter suppression Trump's campaign against mail-in voting is backfiring by discouraging Republican absentee voters Thom Dunn

Science This is how some snakes can fly David Pescovitz

music UK Royal Mail issues stamps honoring the band Queen David Pescovitz

Business Amazon to enforce social distancing in warehouses with AI surveillance software 'Distance Assistant' Xeni Jardin

politics Trump lies, 'They’ve come up with the AIDS vaccine' Xeni Jardin

News NY now has ~8,000 cases of Coronavirus, about half of all cases in the US Xeni Jardin

ireland Webcam proof: Irish pubs in Dublin shuttered up, streets are empty, on St. Patrick's Day  Rusty Blazenhoff

dinosaurs "Dinosaurs In Love" is the saddest, sweetest song I've heard in a while Thom Dunn

activism JOHN WILCOCK: Paul Krassner and the Birth of the Political Prankster Group, YIPPIE! Ethan Persoff

canada Sidewalk Labs' quiet plan for Canada's banks to manage a national digital ID for health care and housing Lilian Radovac

climate change Florida GOP finally admits that maybe they shouldn't have banned the phrase "climate change" after all Thom Dunn

Copyfight A new copyright bill would be a disaster for how regular people use the internet Katharine Trendacosta

Games The best PC role-playing games in 2019 Rob Beschizza

costumes Cinderella with glass arm instead of glass slipper David Pescovitz

the briny deep A rare encounter with the freaky Deepstaria jellyfish Clive Thompson

Recomendo: a book of 550 recommendations of cool stuff Mark Frauenfelder

History Time capsule from 1969 opened and (drumroll) nothing was inside! David Pescovitz

uk UK government quietly cancels "age verification" system that would have compiled a database of every Briton's sexual fantasies Cory Doctorow

art "Mona Lisa Descending A Staircase," a wonderful claymation from 1992 David Pescovitz