france Is France's capital city lying to its citizens about a new audio surveillance project? Seamus Bellamy

snakes Snake, 62, lays eggs without having been around a male for more than a decade David Pescovitz

conservation Scientists clone endangered horse from genetic material frozen 40 years ago David Pescovitz

animals Watch Pigeon vs. Rat, a decidedly NYC brawl David Pescovitz

oregon First-ever virtual Oregon Country Fair is happening this weekend Rusty Blazenhoff

art Modern porcelain sculpture about greed made in classical Chinese style Andrea James

free speech Why Harper's "Letter on Justice and Open Debate" is dumb Mark Frauenfelder

education Harvard and MIT are suing over the Trump administration's student immigration ruling Thom Dunn

novels An interview with Charlie Kaufman about his new novel takes a weirdly meta Kaufman-esque turn Thom Dunn

puzzles A surprising solution to the (in)famous "Cross the Network" puzzle Mark Frauenfelder

native americans That time George Washington ordered "total destruction and devastation" of the Haudenosaunee Thom Dunn

Spoken Word with Electronics Sound Design: How to Make Your Home Into Eraserhead or 2001: A Space Odyssey Ethan Persoff

statues There are 43 giant stone Presidential heads crumbling in a field in Virginia Thom Dunn

black lives matter Angry couple tries to paint over city-approved BLM mural, community fights back Carla Sinclair

racism The US Department of Justice was originally created to tackle white supremacy Thom Dunn

music This ska-jazz cover of the Animal Crossing: New Horizons theme is everything Rusty Blazenhoff

corruption Trump administration gave a $700M bailout to a $70M truck company after it allegedly defrauded the Pentagon Thom Dunn

science fiction "Southland Tales" is the perfect hot mess of a movie for the 4th of July in the hellscape of 2020 Thom Dunn

books "Let's Never Talk About This Again" is a touching memoir about birth, death, and dad's amateur erotica career Thom Dunn

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