polygraph Jennifer Lawrence takes a lie detector test (to promote her new movie) Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Predator priests, Game of Thrones, and why Italians don’t use Viagra, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants The Challenge Vault: a locksport training tool and mechanical puzzle that teaches you to be a safecracker Cory Doctorow

books What do reverse cyborgs want? A review of David Marusek's Glassing the Orgachine Eric Heyne

Copyfight "Free is not fair" won't make authors richer, but fixing publishers' contracts will Cory Doctorow

accents Dialect coach critiques 28 movie accent performances Mark Frauenfelder

art Lucy Sparrow's all-felt supermarket now open in LA Rusty Blazenhoff

lawsuit 'Rolling Stone' gives an unflinching portrait of Johnny Depp and the financial mess he's in Rusty Blazenhoff

photography David Granick's beautiful, haunting Kodachrome photos of London's East End Rob Beschizza

surveillance Property of the People sues the FBI for details on "Gravestone," its reassuringly named secret mass-surveillance tool Cory Doctorow

Gadgets The Revolver: locksport practice gadget that makes four locks out a single core Cory Doctorow

music What a Transparent Day: A new musical compilation of psych nuggets is upon us David Katznelson

Weird Weasel electrocuted at CERN to go on museum display David Pescovitz

happy mutants It’s about Time: Reading Steampunk’s Rise and Roots Rachel A. Bowser and Brian Croxall

destiny Destiny's Sparrow Racing League is back Jason Weisberger

picks Some favorite TV theme songs Jason Weisberger

books Read: Strategic Dog Patterning, a story from "Why I Hunt Flying Saucers" Hugh AD Spencer

podcasts Boars, Gore, and Swords podcast recaps Game of Thrones S6E04, "Book of the Stranger" Boars, Gore, and Swords

books Home – A quirky ode to the many structures we live in across the world Wink

disneyland A peek into Disneyland's Dead Man’s Grotto Richard Kaufman