music Chuck Klosterman on space rock David Pescovitz

movies Legendary comedian Carl Reiner, RIP David Pescovitz

Science Apollo 15 astronaut Al Worden, who circled moon, dies at 88 Xeni Jardin

science fiction Nerding out over sci-fi spaceship designs at the Spacedock Gareth Branwyn

elon musk This ambient mix of a new sci-fi-themed Rentals song is a sonic trip to outer space Thom Dunn

drugs Amazing, spaced-out 1982 TV commercial for a headshop David Pescovitz

design Make your website look like a cyberpunk user interface Rob Beschizza

positive pranks Pranksters on sidewalk trip over nothing, surprising onlookers Mark Frauenfelder

Science The weight of a kilogram changed overnight; the length of a second may be next David Pescovitz

happy mutants The secret history of science fiction's women writers: The Future is Female! Cory Doctorow

carbs Low-carb butter pecan cookies Jason Weisberger

typography Study: two spaces after a period makes reading easier Clive Thompson

books An excerpt from "Bullshit Jobs," David Graeber's forthcoming book about the rise of useless work Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Romance writers sought for library residency at my former Toronto workplace Cory Doctorow

happy mutants The story of how sf writer and editor Judith Merril founded Toronto's astounding sf reference library and changed the city Cory Doctorow

Gadgets Boing Boing Gift Guide 2017 Gift Guide

happy mutants Toronto's amazing science fiction library, the Merril Collection, has a new head librarian Cory Doctorow

music Spaced-out cover of Love and Rockets' "Holiday on the Moon" by Darwin Meiners David Pescovitz

cool stuff This week in the Recomendo newsletter Mark Frauenfelder

genomics A biologist explains CRISPR in 5 levels of increasing complexity Mark Frauenfelder