Business How Japanese-style business culture applies to today’s new “business normal” Mark Frauenfelder
film "Larry: The Burning Man Story" premieres in three time zones over solstice weekend Rusty Blazenhoff
science fiction Kevin Kelly discusses "Fall, or Dodge in Hell" with author Neal Stephenson Gareth Branwyn
crime Kentucky's ex-governor Matt Bevin defends pardon of child rapist by claiming 9-year-old girl had 'intact hymen' and 'she made it up' Xeni Jardin
memory palaces Mountain chickadees remember the location of tens of thousands of seeds Clive Thompson
open source 3D printing stethoscopes, tourniquets and crucial dialysis-machine parts in Gaza Clive Thompson
Copyfight The EU's Copyright Directive charm offensive pats Europeans on the head and tells them leave it up to the corporations Cory Doctorow
humor Conan road trips around Italy acting like a big, dumb American (in the funniest way ever) Rusty Blazenhoff
free speech Egypt's "Jon Stewart" made fun of the corrupt government and was forced to flee Sarina Sinclair and Adam Gelbart