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WATCH THE SPLASHDOWN EVENT LIVE HERE, the SpaceX video embed in this post will go live with pre-event content sometime before 7pm EDT on S...

Black Michigan teen detained for not doing homework to be released 'IMMEDIATELY'

“Grace,” the Black teen girl in Michigan who was detained because the school said she was not doing her online coursework , is to be release...

'Sovereign citizen' tenant decapitated landlord with sword over rent dispute, say Hartford, CT police

Well, this is both grim and bizarre. A man in Connecticut is charged with having decapitated his landlord with a sword after the man was to...

Boston Marathon bomber’s death sentence overturned

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On Friday, July 31, 2020, a federal appeals court overturned 2013 Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s death sentence. The court tod...

James Murdoch resigns from News Corp board, 'editorial differences' cited

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This is a big one. Former 21st Century Fox CEO James Murdoch has resigned from the board of News Corp., the parent company of the Wall Str...

Making arrowheads, knives, and stone tools out of slate

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I found this video absolutely mesmerizing. It in, a primitive tech enthusiast from the Pacific Northwest fashions some beautiful and lethal-...

Alanis Morissette's daughter adorably interrupts her 'Fallon' performance

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Alanis, I feel ya, mama. You're trying to get some work done and your kiddo wants your attention. Though trying to hold your cutie whil...

Cosplay at a 1966 Science Fiction Convention

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What's not to love about this gallery of images from the 1966 World Science Fiction Convention in Cleveland, OH? The cameras may have a...

The most comprehensive and accessible explanation of how COVID-19 works (so far)

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One of the greatest struggles of the COVID-19 pandemic has been the fact that the entire world has to watch the normal scientific process ha...

Why impact lawn sprinklers are so amazing

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The entertaining and delightful host of Technology Connections convinced me that impact lawn sprinklers are a lot cooler than I had previo...

Here are the places you can travel with a US passport

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America's colossal mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic means US Passport holders have limited options when it comes to international...

I interviewed Freakonomics' Stephen Dubner about his favorite shoes, anchovy paste, and why he likes Microsoft Word

Cool Tools · 237: Steven Dubner On my Cool Tools podcast, which I co-host with Kevin Kelly, we interviewed Stephen Dubner . Stephen’s an ...

This Queens bowling alley is an anachronism and an oasis

Astoria Bowl is a something of landmark in the Queens borough of New York City, a struggling business inside a massive building where time ...

Make a cute little device that uses machine learning to separate marshmallow bits from breakfast cereal

The Tiny Sorter is a device you can make from an Arduino, a remote control servo, and some cardboard to sort marshmallow bits from a box of...

R Sikoryak’s latest project is a word-for-word adaptation of the U.S. Constitution

Cartoonist R. Sikoryak's talent for mimicking other cartoonists, from Krazy Kat 's George Herriman to Nancy 's Ernie Bushmiiler,...

Read more books by using the downtime feature on your iPhone’s screen time settings

A survival guide for living in The Simulation

It’s Sunday. You wake up after a very pleasant sleep. You feel good. You decide to check your email. You have one new email in your inbox; a...

This notebook has pages proportioned for phone and computer displays

BetterBook is a notebook/sketchbook designed to match widescreen displays. The idea is you can take photos of it on your phone and it will...

Videogame to treat ADHD available by prescription

EndeavorRx is a first-person racing videogame designed to help children with ADHD and this summer, the FDA approved it as a "prescripti...

A frustrating look inside the White House's utter failure at coronavirus testing, led by Jared Kushner

Over at Vanity Fair , Katherine Eban goes behind the scenes of the Trump administration's abject failure at coordinating mass testing f...

The Pentagon has made more UFO revelations, but Canada's had a public UFO database for decades

Earlier this year, the Pentagon confirmed that Tom Delonge had actually leaked some legit UFO videos; and just last week, The New York Time...

A sneak preview of Drew Friedman's book of portraits of underground comix icons

The fantastic Drew Friedman says: "My latest book project will be one hundred black and white portraits of underground comix icons pres...

Scent of pot is insufficient cause for cops to search and arrest people, court rules

Cops cannot search and arrest people just because they smell weed, Maryland's highest court ruled unanimously. Chief Judge Mary Ellen Ba...

This carnivorous plant wraps up bugs into a tasty morsel

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Cape sundews live in bogs and other locations lacking nutritious soil so they supplement their diet with insects. Watch the Deep Look video...

Wake Up: a short film from The Lincoln Project

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"Wake Up," a short film by The Lincoln Project, depicts what it might be like for a republican to wake up after being in a coma f...

Gentleman busted for swimming in zoo aquarium

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Police charged this 30-year-old gentleman for allegedly trespassing at Australia's Sydney Zoo, stripping to his underwear, and diving i...

David Duke banned from Twitter

The Twitter account of David Duke, former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and failed gubernatorial and presidential candidate, was suspende...

Using data to define the official canon of 90s music

I'm a big fan of the Pudding 's clever approach to infographics, and this latest piece examining 90s music does not disappoint. They...

Check out this Berlin punk band made up entirely of scrap metal robots

The One Love Machine band is the brainchild of German artist Kolja Kugler , whose work focuses largely on moving sculptures. As he explaine...

Pee-wee for President: 'In your guts, you know he's nuts'

Pee-wee Herman for president? SURE, WHY NOT?! Stranger things have happened. At least Pee-wee's slogan is honest: "In your guts, yo...

From tree tents to headlamps, these 10 camping essentials will improve your summer

It’s summer. And this year, Europe and Disney World just aren’t really all that feasible as part of your travel plans. Yet especially with...

Running Minecraft on a working virtual PC inside of Minecraft

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it works. pic.twitter.com/cMCJgenfSH — naku (@miskeeping) July 27, 2020 Yes, you can use a mod for open-source virtual machine softwar...

The UK's "pilot program" for socially distanced indoor concerts sounds terrible

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The last thing I did before the coronavirus lockdown really take off was a single one of my scheduled St. Patrick's Day music gigs. My r...

"Hygiene Theater" doesn't reduce the risk of COVID-19

My family stopped wiping down all our groceries to "disinfect" them a couple months ago, mostly because of hygiene exhaustion. The...

Read this great graphic novel about how to un-rig our democracy