ecology Scientists: enzyme eats plastic like it's made of Pringles Seamus Bellamy

Science Volunteers spend 60 days in bed… for space science! David Pescovitz

Science How to improve your rubber band shooting with science! David Pescovitz

Science Entertaining science for stoned people Jason Weisberger

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halloween The 2017 Halloween Candy Hierarchy: Definitely Not Fake News David Ng and Ben Cohen

books Kickstarting a new Girl Genius collection Cory Doctorow

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Science Haunting an X-rated movie screening… for science! David Pescovitz

Red Dwarf Red Dwarf XI has arrived Jason Weisberger

picks NASA launches OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample mission now speeding toward Bennu rendezvous Xeni Jardin

politics Watch her historic DNC speech in full: Hillary Clinton drags Trump (who tweets back) Xeni Jardin

grilling Watch Adam Savage test the best way to sear a steak Mark Frauenfelder

Science Reading With Pictures: awesome, classroom-ready comics for math, social studies, science and language arts Cory Doctorow

family The NYT's tips on spooking your kids into not smoking weed Rob Beschizza

Science SCIENCE! Louder monkeys have smaller balls Cory Doctorow

Science WATCH: Strobe-lit cymatics experiments reveal more complex patterns Andrea James

Food Sound is the forgotten flavor sense Gastropod

art A portrait artist draws while on LSD… for science! (1950s) David Pescovitz