video Watch a timelapse of climbers breaking an El Capitan record Andrea James

photography Alex Honnold just completed the gnarliest free climb in history Andrea James

sports Teen climber Margo Hayes is first woman to conquer La Rambla Andrea James

Gadgets 30 items on sale for Memorial Day that'll improve your home and beyond Boing Boing's Shop

debt High prices and debt mean millennials don't plan to stop renting, and that's before their parents retire and become dependent on them Cory Doctorow

law US prosecutors say the "bankrupt" Sacklers still have billions hidden away Cory Doctorow

germany Berlin Senate approves five-year, citywide rent freeze Cory Doctorow

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

counterfactuals What if humans weren't the first civilization on Earth? Clive Thompson

race Secrets of the World's Greatest Hitchhiker Cory Doctorow

ink Popular tattoos 5,000 years ago were sheep Clive Thompson

music The story behind Toto's 'Africa' Rusty Blazenhoff

Space Stunning photo of NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover seen from orbit David Pescovitz

french spiderman Watch: Man scales 29-story hotel with bare hands, no safety harness Carla Sinclair

architecture Luxury nuclear bunkers in Kansas David Pescovitz

Japan Lalah the cat is a master of the climbing wall Caroline Siede

tiny houses Why I am moving from a tiny house into a tinier house Dee Williams

happy mutants Steeplejack: diverse YA fantasy driven by expert plotting Cory Doctorow

baby Fearless fun with rock-climbing baby Heather Johanssen

Entertainment “Meru,” a new film on the quest to scale an “unclimbable“ mountain in India Mark Frauenfelder