nuts A billion pounds of California almonds are stranded at facilities Mark Frauenfelder

ice cream That's hot: why every food seems to have a spicy version Annie Rauwerda

almonds Does cyanide really smell like almonds? An investigation Andrea James

yummy Purslane is a weed that's ubiquitious, delicious, and nutritious! Jennifer Sandlin

Delightful Creatures A hilarious squirrel keeps spying on a woman through different windows of her house (video) Carla Sinclair

ice cream Visit Silver Lake and drown your sorrows in Creamo's delicious vegan ice cream and donuts Jennifer Sandlin

battery Scientists have made an edible rechargeable battery, but suggest you don't eat it Rusty Blazenhoff

watchout where the huskies go Watch a husky react to smelling durian Jason Weisberger

Games These odd Victorian Christmas parlor games look fun and potentially quite dangerous David Pescovitz

futility closet In 1817, a young woman claiming to be a kidnapped Eastern princess appeared in an English village Futility Closet

snacks I love these Coconut Keto Clusters Jason Weisberger

Christmas game How to play a fiery Victorian Christmas game and not get burned Miss Cellania

recipes How to make curried rice the Aleister Crowley way Thom Dunn

air travel After airlines stop serving warm nuts, a Texas supplier is stuck with 87,000 lb of them Mark Frauenfelder

Business Bee thief nabs 92 hives from California almond orchard Xeni Jardin

health E.P.A. won't ban chlorpyrifos pesticide that scientists say damages children's brains Xeni Jardin

tabloids Aretha Franklin murdered, Kevin Spacey in slaying scandal, and Obama's secret lover, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

fake news Hoover killed JFK, RFK & MLK, Brad Pitt's private hell, and Mick Jagger's mental disorder, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

happy mutants An ice-cream maker tries to figure out what AI ice-cream flavors derived from metal band-names would taste like Cory Doctorow