happy mutants Behold! The Library of Congress's audacious plan to digitize and share the nation's treasures Cory Doctorow

vandals Death Valley National Park rangers seeking rock-defacing vandal Mark Frauenfelder

Science Rats' nests are rich with unrecorded history and urgent scientific data David Pescovitz

tabloids How Mafia Killed the Pope, Meghan & Harry quit the Royal Family, and the Obamas divorce, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

egypt Looted ancient Egyptian coffin to finally be returned to Egypt Xeni Jardin

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Space Case of the missing moon rocks David Pescovitz

los angeles King Tut exhibition starts its final world tour in Los Angeles (March 2018) Rusty Blazenhoff

trumpism Puerto Rico, abandoned by Trump and facing disaster capitalism looting by big business, turns to socialist and anarchist collectives to rebuild Cory Doctorow

siberia A trip to Siberia inspired "Madness Treads Lightly" Polina Dashkova

politics China plans undersea lab, 3km down Rob Beschizza

media "World’s toughest duck" has died, and other tabloid stunners Peter Sheridan

music Video premiere: music documentary about incredible late-1960s Swedish psych band David Pescovitz

books Pirate treasure is real. Here's how we found it. Robert Kurson

Solitary Vices: Mikita Brottman on the Books in Her Life Mark Dery