fire Watch a man crack a the world's longest whip. Then watch him dual-wield fire whips. Rob Beschizza

openai ChatGPT told a suicidal user, "let me be that person," lawsuit says Jason Weisberger

Science A synthetic cell grew, copied its DNA, and split in two Ellsworth Toohey

History The dentist who convinced FDR to bomb Japan with bats Gail Sherman

Space Webb spent three days photographing one beautiful galactic mess Jason Weisberger

History In 1835 a New York paper put bat-men and unicorns on the moon Ellsworth Toohey

aviation A Navy blimp landed in San Francisco with its engines running and its crew gone Ellsworth Toohey

literature Could a Nabokov novel have been the 'father of all hypertext demos'? Ellsworth Toohey

books Cartoonist Jeff Smith, author of "Bone," is getting comics' most prestigious honor Ruben Bolling

retrocomputing ZX Spectrum basic interpreter remade from scratch on the web Rob Beschizza

books Life sentence for woman who poisoned husband then published kids' book about grief Rob Beschizza

Strategery Florida tries to gerrymander harder, may end up helping Democrats Jason Weisberger

bitcoin NYT investigation names Adam Back as Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto Ellsworth Toohey

Games Metal Gear Solid movie on the way Rob Beschizza

History How a naked steakhouse ad became a feminist protest poster Ellsworth Toohey

politics 4chan's lawyer wrote a free speech bill for the UK Ellsworth Toohey

gadgets Ninja Creami, the PacoJet for the rest of us Rob Beschizza

antifa Portland declares inflatable frog a public safety threat Jason Weisberger

television Mister Rogers is coming to YouTube and not a moment too soon Gail Sherman