Kids High school students who will not smile in the hallways are sent to mandatory counselling, while bullying is rampant Cory Doctorow

Spider-Man Bolivian brothers let a black widow bite them all in hopes of getting superpowers Thom Dunn

Technology Motorized backpack self-adjusts its motion to feel lighter David Pescovitz

music Why The Animals' Eric Burdon is OK with Trump using "House of the Rising Sun" David Pescovitz

Science Startling, beautiful, and weird close-up images of our Sun David Pescovitz

Sex Safer sex now means wearing a mask, says Canada's Chief Public Health Officer David Pescovitz

Weird Odd letters and numbers appearing on cars in Redding, California David Pescovitz

education Man, 21, busted for posing as 14-year-old and enrolling in high school David Pescovitz

activism How to be a guerrilla theatre activist David Pescovitz

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guns Not first rodeo for gun-toting St. Louis couple Rob Beschizza

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tabloids Jeffrey Epstein’s prison confession, the world’s most dangerous woman, and the end of the world, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

politics Trump commutes Roger Stone's prison sentence Xeni Jardin

Funny Gary Larson quietly brings back 'The Far Side' after 25 years away Andrea James

Comic Books Cory reviews Stepping Stones By Lucy Knisley Mark Frauenfelder