happy mutants I'm coming to the Adelaide Festival this weekend (and then on to Wellington, NZ!) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Hey, Sydney! I'm coming to see you tonight (then Adelaide and Wellington!) Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Hey, Melbourne! I'm coming to see you this week (Sydney, Adelaide and Wellington: you're next!) Cory Doctorow

adorable animals Ain't no party like an echidna party! Jennifer Sandlin

housing These are the top 10 "impossibly unaffordable" cities (and some "affordable" ones) Mark Frauenfelder

flight strips Virgin flight forced to make a U-turn after unruly passenger runs around stark naked Carla Sinclair

doggo Gus the Weimaraner is a precious piccolo playing pooch Jennifer Sandlin

destinations The Big Rocking Horse is an adorable roadside attraction in Gumeracha, Australia Popkin

australia Do kangaroos dream of eclectic sheep? Jennifer Sandlin

australia This clever ode to chinchillas is my new favorite thing Jennifer Sandlin

adorable animals Watch these potoroos in a double-decker strawberry snacking session Jennifer Sandlin

fungus 930 passengers stranded on cruise ship for a week due to fungus on hull Carla Sinclair

candles Woman who quit job gave colleagues "sorry for your loss" candles on the way out David Pescovitz

earthquakes Australia earthquake shakes TV studio Rob Beschizza

COVID-19 Watch anti-masker woman argue with police before being arrested and kicked off Delta flight Carla Sinclair

crime "Meth-addled" prisoner fails to escape courtroom Rob Beschizza

marsupials New sighting of a thylacine, a thought-to-be-extinct carnivorous marsupial Mark Frauenfelder

australia The first known baby koala since the Australian wildfires has been born in a zoo Thom Dunn

new zealand 'We're just having a bit of an earthquake here' — New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern in quake on live TV Xeni Jardin

Delightful Creatures Kangaroo enjoys deserted Australian city Rob Beschizza