anatomy This teenager is not just a big mouth but the world's BIGGEST mouth David Pescovitz

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

politics Carl Bernstein: Trump 'delusional' & danger to national security — McMaster, Tillerson, Bolton, Mattis, Kelly Xeni Jardin

puzzles My trip through the Starmaze: a world in the 9th dimension Jane Frauenfelder

Comic Books Talking The Rough Pearl with Xeric Award-winning Canadian cartoonist Kevin Mutch Jeffery Klaehn

tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

music Douglas Rushkoff on Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (1950-2020) Douglas Rushkoff

travel My life on the road: Morocco Seamus Bellamy

Robert Anton Wilson Robert Anton Wilson's daughter Christina on the new edition of her father's book, Ishtar Rising Mark Frauenfelder

Business 'Cars now run on the new oil — your data.' Xeni Jardin

books Boing Boing's 28 favorite books in 2019 Rob Beschizza

music A highly scientific fictional approach to ranking musical artists using math Thom Dunn

Science Diet and depression: what you eat impacts your mood Jason Weisberger

artificial intelligence Why didn't OpenAI release the "Unicorn" version of its AI storytelling software? Mark Frauenfelder

anti-vax The resurgence of measles suggests our society is falling apart Jason Weisberger

racism Catherynne Valente schools her racist neighbors about the asylum seekers in their midst Catherynne Valente

science fiction Exclusive excerpt of Rudy Rucker's new novel: Million Mile Road Trip Mark Frauenfelder

foia The strangest FOIA redactions (and FOIA releases) MuckRock has seen over the years JPat Brown

fake news The 'most powerful man in politics,' demonized in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science The future of science is in your hands: An interview with Michael Nielsen Karl Schroeder