culture jamming Payless punks fashionistas by opening a fake luxury store and inviting them to comment on its 'designer' shoes Rusty Blazenhoff

art Artist put 15,000 coins on a path and filmed the delightful reactions Andrea James

Funny Watch The Procedure, a NSFW 2016 Sundance short film winner Andrea James

Science We are all part of the biggest psychological experiment in history David Pescovitz

trump Facebook account that copies Trump's posts word-for-word gets flagged for inciting violence Xeni Jardin

education After MLK's assassination, this schoolteacher conducted a legendary social experiment to teach kids about racism David Pescovitz

Technology Fashion designer's robotic "Proximity Dress" automatically poofs out for physical distancing from the wearer David Pescovitz

haunted mansion A touring Bolivian orchestra is stranded in a German castle surrounded by 23 packs of wolves Thom Dunn

Space Help Wanted: participants for a NASA social isolation experiment inside a Russian lab David Pescovitz

wired Wired just canceled Bruce Sterling's long-running blog Mark Frauenfelder

animals Dogs will obey commands from social robots David Pescovitz

social distancing Restaurant deals with the rona by putting each table inside its own 'quarantine greenhouse' Carla Sinclair

coronavirus Raising money for a UBI fund that helps families affected COVID-19 Thom Dunn

coronavirus Why "reopening" the economy won't save the economy Mark Frauenfelder

learning Watch: Social psychology for kids Mark Frauenfelder

social distancing Annalee Newitz looks at the Great Plague of London and 17th century social distancing Gareth Branwyn

coronavirus Can a fart give you coronavirus? Carla Sinclair

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

facebook Study: Facebook quitters report more life satisfaction, less depression and anxiety Rob Beschizza

Business Why I won't buy an Ipad: ten years later Cory Doctorow