star wars Animated version of the 'Star Wars Episode 9' that could have been Jason Weisberger

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

Gadgets This speed reading and memory training bundle will help you hotwire your brain for max efficiency Boing Boing's Shop

Science We are all part of the biggest psychological experiment in history David Pescovitz

Reviews Ta-Nehisi Coates's "Black Panther and the Crew" is a powerfully relevant superhero story about Black lives, police brutality, and US history Thom Dunn

Killers hunt Prince Andrew, Brad Pitt’s secret daughter, and George Clooney’s plastic surgery shocker, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

publishing Internet Archive ending free e-books program over publisher lawsuit, National Emergency Library to close for 2 weeks Xeni Jardin

trump James N. Miller quits Defense Science Board, citing Defense Secretary Mark Esper's "blatant violations" of oath to "support and defend the Constitution" Mark Frauenfelder

Talking comics with One Man War on Terror cartoonist Benjamin Marra Jeffery Klaehn

vote California Republicans sue to stop mail-in voter ballots Thom Dunn

tabloids Kim Jong-un is dead, Prince Andrew is broke, and Kobe Bryant killed himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Jared Kushner casually talks about canceling election, then tries to walk it back Xeni Jardin

videogames Talking Adventure Games with Dave Gilbert Jeffery Klaehn

creativity How a children's book about a mouse is keeping me motivated in quarantine Thom Dunn

nihilism Two great deep-dives mine the endless hole at the bottom of Mitch McConnell's inhumanity Thom Dunn

trump Why tabloid reporters are like Donald Trump Peter Sheridan

Science Coronavirus 'acts like no pathogen humanity has ever seen,' say doctors Xeni Jardin

new york city A day in NY in the early 1980s through the eyes of musicians, artists, activists, filmmakers, and more Gareth Branwyn

politics Las Vegas mayor offers city as 'control group' to see how many die of COVID-19 without social distancing Xeni Jardin

police Protesting is a non-essential activity, according to the Raleigh Police Department Thom Dunn