trump 'The kidney has a very special place in the heart' —Trump, signing kidney health executive order Xeni Jardin

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2019 Boing Boing

tabloids LBJ killed JFK, the Queen’s secret lover & Julia Roberts’ divorce, in this week’s highly dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

open source 3D printing stethoscopes, tourniquets and crucial dialysis-machine parts in Gaza Clive Thompson

charity Charitable Giving Guide 2018 Boing Boing

fake news Alien attack imminent, Buckingham Palace is a drug den, and the Queen is a criminal mastermind, in this week’s fact-challenged tabloids. Peter Sheridan

medicine Legendary Russian guitarist dies from flesh eating infection Seamus Bellamy

usausausa America's new aristocracy: the 9.9% and their delusion of hereditary meritocracy Cory Doctorow

class war EAT BUGS: Monetary incentives distort our perceptions of what's good for us Cory Doctorow

Self-Dissection: a conversation with satirical English author Will Self Mark Dery

television Nightswimming with Hannibal: "Mukozuke" review [s2e5] Theresa DeLucci

Science Dinner’s Revenge: mealworms that survive in the stomach, then eat their way out of predators Mary Roach

Science Forecast uncertain: Chaos theory, weather prediction, and brain cancer Maggie Koerth