critically endangered: Mona Chalabi illustrates species on the brink of extinction by placing them in subway cars, via Nag on the Lake
secret of the selenites: we have the technology and surplus wealth to build a Moon base right now
wallflower: an artist installs a Putin portrait in a Trump hotel suite for a month and no one batted an eye
ballot measures: a consortium of artists create state-by-state voting guides in comics form for upcoming US elections—via Waxy
i preferred the sequel—also sprach Zarathustra: taking a fresh look at the worldview of Friedrich Nietzsche, who suffered no palliatives, in the age of self-help and search for consolation
aurum potable: anti-aging trends and questionable tonics are nothing new
drosophilia titanus: a selective breeding-program to create fruit-flies that could theoretically survive the harsh conditions on Saturn’s largest satellite, prodding some serious ethical and epistemological questions—via Boing Boing