sandworm Someone is targeting "critical infrastructure" safety systems in networked attacks Cory Doctorow

oceans Wealthy adventurer just became the first person to touch the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean David Pescovitz

Audio My favorite end-of-year tradition: the Bullseye podcast standup comedy special Cory Doctorow

Entertainment Weird details you probably missed in Disney movies Xeni Jardin

Funny Close out a thoroughly unfunny 2017 with a hilarious compendium of the year's best standup on Bullseye Cory Doctorow

Funny 90 minutes of the year's best standup comedy albums Cory Doctorow

books Crowdfunding the publication of Samuel R Delany's journals Cory Doctorow

DRONES Drone carrying cellphones, drugs, hacksaw blades crashes at Oklahoma prison Xeni Jardin

Japan 15 things I love about Tokyo DisneySea Richard Kaufman

swarovski The magic of Swarovski crystals Rob Beschizza

Space Pluto and other known “not-planets” in our solar system mapped in scale image montage Xeni Jardin

happy mutants The Expeditioners and the Secret of King Triton's Lair Cory Doctorow

music Solace: why make a soundtrack to a game that doesn't exist? Rob Beschizza

Science Inside Alvin: Scientists as Makers Maggie Koerth