art Media logos were originally physical sculptures Andrea James

Science Albatrosses deployed to detect illegal fish vessels out at sea David Pescovitz

racism Four cops handcuff black man for "illegal eating" Mark Frauenfelder

china Hong Kong bans makeup and masks so facial recognition cameras can identify protesters Cory Doctorow

papers please Two US citizens detained by a Border Patrol agent for speaking Spanish Mark Frauenfelder

parasites This eye worm, once only found in livestock, is cozying up to humans Seamus Bellamy

dubai Yet another reason to never go to Dubai: prison for sex ‘out of wedlock’ Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Revealing the cover and first excerpt of Autonomous, Annalee Newitz's long-awaited debut novel Cory Doctorow

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

art The story of Traceroute, about a Leitnerd's quest Thomas Kaestle

Drones and the rise of the high-tech assassins Andrew Cockburn

Resurrecting the Dead: what did Jane Austen look like? Linda Rodriguez