Shrieking games of cooties tag transmit the contagion rapidly. It can be treated with an origami “cootie catcher,” but it is better to be vaccinated. This requires a friend and a retractable pen.

[Rob] wrote in to tell us about the digital cootie detector he built. The cootie detector operates on galvanic skin response. It’s actually very similar to an E-Meter, although instead of ...

cootie catcher are doing just that, and we should all pay attention. On their new album Shy at first, the Toronto indie pop group process their young adulthood in a delightfully chaotic way ...