music Alpine – "Gasoline" (free MP3) Amy Seidenwurm

Science Scientists use yeast from body of Ötzi the Iceman to make "very very good" sourdough Gail Sherman

Science Snow sheds let alpine roads survive massive avalanches Popkin

The newest Olympic sport is bonkers Gail Sherman

Science Neanderthals carried travel toolkits when they went bear hunting Ellsworth Toohey

Science Most detailed map yet of Antarctica under the ice Rob Beschizza

History The New Jersey amusement park so dangerous it bought the town extra ambulances Ellsworth Toohey

bath Watch an adorable marmot enjoy a spa day Popkin

Delightful Creatures Bear spray saved someone from a bear Jason Weisberger

music The Compact Disc is 43 years old Rob Beschizza

retrocomputing You can still use plain text email—and maybe you should Rob Beschizza

dumb stunts Pilot decides to fly right between skiers in Switzerland— nearly grazing them in the process (video) Carla Sinclair

law How one man's disastrous 1969 Swiss ski holiday created modern tourism consumer protection laws Ellsworth Toohey

presumed dead U.S. and Canadian climbers vanish while climbing New Zealand's highest peak Carla Sinclair

Science California's amazing geographic oddities B.R. O'Deal

creepy Krampus cards from Christmas past Popkin

california California ski resort to stay open through Fourth of July because of massive snowfall Rusty Blazenhoff

Citizen Science Citizen scientists take on the scourge of the nurdle A.E. Gómez

Boing Boing Gadgets Score 4th of July savings on this ultimate traveler bundle featuring Rosetta Stone Boing Boing's Shop

#vanlife "We got one heavily armed recreational vehicle here, man!" Jason Weisberger