impressions Jim Meskimen's deepfake Xmas message Rob Beschizza

santa claus Santa Claus is having a midlife crisis Miss Cellania

19th century 1890s mechanical device sounds exactly like a bird singing Andrea James

scary stories Trump's patriot whistleblower says a "shadow person" is haunting his house Mark Frauenfelder

Funny Toddler locked inside Maserati figures her way out with help from mom and dad Xeni Jardin

News Hungary: Conservative anti-gay politician busted while trying to escape all-male orgy with backpack of drugs Xeni Jardin

optical illusions Are these circles moving? Mark Frauenfelder

AI A two-year-old's approach to the trolley problem Mark Frauenfelder

activism Sixty-five years ago today, Rosa Parks refused to go to the back of the bus David Pescovitz

toys Delightful dinosaur hand puppets Andrea James

special effects How to make a window look covered in ice crystals Andrea James

Science Amazing handheld inverted fire tornado bubble Andrea James

music Watch Sheryl Crow and her clones cover Tom Petty David Pescovitz

music Short documentary about Jonathan Coulton Rob Beschizza

Nintendo A glimpse of Super Nintendo World opening in February David Pescovitz

captchas Verifying your humanity is harder every day Miss Cellania

toys Sand-powered automata of yesteryear Andrea James

mashups Heavy metal guitarist turns Kenneth Copeland sermon into a sick hard rock banger Thom Dunn

fly How flies are able to elude your fly swatter Janelle Hessig

Science Arecibo Observatory destroyed in platform collapse Rob Beschizza