Kinman Dwarf galaxy Massive star 100 times larger than the sun mysteriously disappears Carla Sinclair

Science How do you count more than 60,000 sea turtles? David Pescovitz

coronavirus The suicide rate in Colorado has dropped 40% during COVID quarantine Thom Dunn

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

tabloids Coronavirus can make you fat, the Queen is still dying, and a sex tape nightmare, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

boing boing 20 years of blogging at Boing Boing Rob Beschizza

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

Games The game Operation was born as a test of desert survival skills David Pescovitz

tabletop games What's new in tabletop gaming (Indie edition) Gareth Branwyn

Rare Books New rare book catalog features book with Martian flora from 1903 Mark Frauenfelder

climate Whales worth about $1 trillion in carbon sequestration, analysis finds Clive Thompson

tabloids Royal scandals and the Obamas divorce, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

law Bizarre story of a millionaire hacker's secret tunnel system and a tragic death Rob Beschizza

art 'Station Eleven' is a haunting tale of the apocalypse Jason Weisberger

summer reading list Ask Reddit: "What book f*cked you up mentally?" Mark Frauenfelder

cloud services I bought the second installment in Neal Shusterman's Scythe series before I finished the first book Jason Weisberger

christ what an asshole The "Tragedy of the Commons" was invented by a white supremacist based on a false history, and it's toxic bullshit Cory Doctorow

anti-hellstrom chronicle Insects are going extinct eight times faster than other animals Mark Frauenfelder

climate Congressional Democratic establishment wants to replace "Green New Deal" with a climate committee of oil money recipients Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Scenes from the Bangalore Literature Festival Jasmina Tesanovic