Gadgets Testing products for data privacy and security Geoffrey MacDougall, Consumer Reports

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Science Possible sign of life on Venus David Pescovitz

History Aviation museums' "most wanted list" of cool aerospace artifacts lost to history David Pescovitz

art Computer finds faces in grains of sand David Pescovitz

Science Tropical Storm Fay imaged by NASA's Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Xeni Jardin

racism Tech CEO in racist restaurant rant Rob Beschizza

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

Gadgets This training package will have you using all of Microsoft Office like a boss Boing Boing's Shop

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

sports Owen Morse sets hang gliding world record for piloting 222.22 miles over California's Owens Valley Xeni Jardin

Science Watch how crowdsourced citizen data demonstrated how tornadoes form Andrea James

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

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

tips Two free or cheap alternatives to Adobe Illustrator Mark Frauenfelder

Spoken Word with Electronics For triggers, gates, clocks, and sociopaths alike, "Master/Slave" faces retirement Ethan Persoff

DIY Sword-maker crafts The WREKTANGLE, a giant sword of magnificent glory Xeni Jardin

unions A supposedly progressive vegan food company called No Evil Foods was involved in some evil union busting Thom Dunn

Spoken Word with Electronics In Praise of THE SPAMP! And SPIT-COIN: A Proposal to Convert All Money to Saliva Ethan Persoff

infosec How to spy on someone using a lightbulb as a remote microphone Thom Dunn