politics Trump's acting attorney general: Judges should be Christian with a "biblical view of justice" Carla Sinclair

Science A Scheme of Heaven is a deep investigation of astrology from a scientist’s perspective Ferdinando Buscema

Gadgets Are you cut out to be a COVID-19 stay-at-home teacher for your kids? Maybe these DIY projects can help. Boing Boing's Shop

prosthetics Bionic hands controlled by new "minimuscles" implanted in the wearer's arm David Pescovitz

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

fantasy Excellent review of Jack Vance's "Tales of the Dying Earth" Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Johnny Depp dying, Caitlyn Jenner’s baby, and the sexiest man alive, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

philosophy How America's hatred of poor people ties back to Puritan work ethic Thom Dunn

tiny house Woman explains why she hates living in her tiny house Mark Frauenfelder

security William Barr's terrible, stupid idea to ban working crypto is slightly less terrible and stupid than earlier ideas Cory Doctorow

review This TARDIS Grows Weed with Artificial Intelligence, PART 2 Richard Metzger

sick puppies Teacher who fed puppy to snapping turtle in front of children found not guilty of animal cruelty Rob Beschizza

Bike nerd vs e-bike: wrapping it all up Dave Tolnai

electronics A bicycle snob takes on an e-bike Dave Tolnai

authors Author Peter Bebergal discusses his latest book, Strange Frequencies: The Extraordinary Story of the Technological Quest for the Supernatural Gareth Branwyn

disillusionment Post-internet lament Jasmina Tesanovic

artbots A dot-matrix printer that taps out a picture using a pencil Clive Thompson

hawk Hawk attacks prey featured in magazine's photos Rusty Blazenhoff

happy mutants Dynamicland: a collaborative programming environment inside a whole building that you modify by doodling on paper Cory Doctorow

genetics The promise and peril of reading your genome in 2017 (or for that matter, 2018) Rob Reid