scholarship Subway tunnel heat-exchangers could heat and cool thousands of nearby apartments Cory Doctorow
Science SpaceX launches Hyperloop pod design competition geared for students and indie engineering teams Xeni Jardin
history of the future 1947 film about the future shows handheld TV users bumping into each other Mark Frauenfelder
Spoken Word with Electronics Sound Design: How to Make Your Home Into Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey Ethan Persoff
corruption Trump administration gave a $700M bailout to a $70M truck company after it allegedly defrauded the Pentagon Thom Dunn
Gadgets The Snapback Glove may look like a mitten on a string, but it can protect you from harmful germs Boing Boing's Shop
politics Coronavirus scams prove a federal anti-price gouging law is needed — Amazon's VP of public policy Xeni Jardin
Gadgets They’re cool, they’re green, and these Jetson e-bikes might change how you get around Boing Boing's Shop
coronavirus Bus driver furious with woman who coughed on his bus, then died yesterday from coronavirus Carla Sinclair
News Coronavirus in Ireland: Leo Varadkar’s St Patrick’s Day broadcast (video, full text) Xeni Jardin
tabloids Coronavirus cured (again), Britain’s Royals clash (again) and the woman who pees alcohol (unprecedented) in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan
free speech Man who was fined $500 for criticizing traffic light timing gets his idea adopted by Institute of Transportation Engineers Mark Frauenfelder
Harvey Weinstein Harvey Weinstein isn't going to like Rikers Island, says former inmate Mark Frauenfelder
