helping hand This $7 magnifying glass with alligator clips comes in 'handy' Jason Weisberger

Gadgets MagiMask is the next stage in the evolution of augmented reality Boing Boing's Shop

happy mutants Drone filmmaker captures Children's Fairyland from the view of a flying fairy — and it's downright magical Rusty Blazenhoff

makers Revisiting Make:'s weekly Math Monday column Gareth Branwyn

astronomy 139 new TNOs (trans-Neptunian objects) discovered while doing a dark energy survey Gareth Branwyn

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

Technology Cat whiskers for flying drones David Pescovitz

Space Miniature space janitors to sweep up orbiting debris David Pescovitz

internet of things Scientists equip bees with tiny environmental sensors Mark Frauenfelder

Science NASA reaches the farthest target ever David Pescovitz

Technology Bees wearing wireless sensors create a "living Internet of Things platform" David Pescovitz

fake news Quantum mechanics and Kevin Spacey, JFK’s five assassins, and proof of reincarnation, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Copyfight Not in our name: Why European creators must oppose the EU's proposal to limit linking and censor the internet Cory Doctorow

art Very short films about very small sculptures made from scraps Andrea James

happy mutants Using saccade-tracking to trick VR users into walking in circles, giving the illusion of "infinite walking" Cory Doctorow

synthesizers Gorgeous tiny synthesizers in wooden boxes Clive Thompson

inked 3,600-year-old tattoo kit found Clive Thompson

Freeports Warehouses that (sort of) aren’t in any country Caroline Siede

Business The first-ever rigorous quantitative study of US artistic revenue from internet indies: 14.8M Americans earned $5.9B in 2016 Cory Doctorow

google Google's AI thinks this turtle is a rifle Cory Doctorow