art Publication of newly-discovered Austin Osman Spare tarot deck David Pescovitz

Science What near-death experiences can tell scientists about how the brain works David Pescovitz

futility closet In the 1930s, an Englishman decided to fly to Mount Everest and climb it alone Futility Closet

books Ray Bradbury's captivating explanation of his Mr. Electrico character's uncanny origins David Pescovitz

News Social security for all — for now Maureen Herman

travel The yeti is no longer Nepal's official tourist mascot because it didn't look like a yeti David Pescovitz

Salvador Dalí's surreal tarot cards from the '70s and '80s being reissued Rusty Blazenhoff

Weird Free deaths offered Xeni Jardin

art Phone call leads police to $800,000 in stolen art by an artist who believed Jesus was a space alien Xeni Jardin

AI The mystical Kabbalah roots of natural language processing David Pescovitz

class war When the HR department is a robotic phrenologist: "face-scanning algorithm" gains popularity as a job-applicant screener Cory Doctorow

fantasy The colonialism behind fantasy's vaguely Irish Elves Thom Dunn

happy mutants The lost audiobooks of Roger Zelazny reading the Chronicles of Amber Cory Doctorow

drugs Johns Hopkins Medicine launches major center for psychedelic drug research David Pescovitz

Art and Design Upcoming exhibition by Latvian artist Jana Brike Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Celebrity grave-digging, flesh-eating bacteria and alien abductions in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants The magic theatre of High Weirdness Ferdinando Buscema

happy mutants Lent: Jo Walton's new novel is Dante's Groundhog Day Cory Doctorow

toto Toto's 'Africa' perfectly played on sweet potatoes and squash Carla Sinclair

Business Gwyneth Paltrow plagiarized the fictitious "ancient Chinese" practice of vaginally inserted jade eggs UPDATED Cory Doctorow