Nintendo’s Wii U and 3DS stores closing means game over for digital archives Starting March 27, you won’t be able to buy digital games for the Wii U and 3DS. Video game archivists and fans are racing to preserve titles that may soon disappear. Read more on NPR

Traveling overseas this summer? There’s huge demand for passports, so get yours ASAP Passports are in “unprecedented demand,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said. In 2022, the State Department issued a record 22 million passports — and 2023 is on track to break that record. Read more on NPR

A giant trapdoor spider was discovered in Australia The spider lives in open woodland habitats, building burrows in Central Queensland’s black soils. Much of its habitat has been lost to land clearing, meaning it’s likely an endangered species. Read more on NPR