Kids Watch people whiz down this steep Swiss alpine slide Andrea James

Weird Your next vacation destination: Mystery Flesh Pit National Park Grant St. Clair

Delightful Creatures Phronima Sedentaria: the transparent "zombie shrimp" that hijacks salps for reproduction Popkin

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

law Vermont man charged with drunk driving in Canada thought he was in U.S. Rob Beschizza

nazi LAPD buys dogs from breeding company with same name as Hitler's bunker Natalie Dressed

paleontology Famed reptile fossil is actually rocks, paint, and random bones David Pescovitz

italy Tourist-infested Venice banning loudspeakers and groups larger than 25 Rob Beschizza

fun "This site will self-destruct" finally self-destructs after no-one signs guestbook for 24 hours Rob Beschizza

neuroscience One night of lost sleep works as well as ketamine in fighting depression, says new study Mark Frauenfelder

gadgets HP covers printer's USB port with warning sticker to make sure you don't go right ahead and use it Rob Beschizza

global warming Firefighting plane crashes in Greece, starting a new fire and killing two pilots Carla Sinclair

unions Major film schools scab WGA strike by bringing in movie executives to speak at commencement Thom Dunn

buildings This mountaintop observatory looks like a supervillain's lair David Pescovitz

HDSF Choose your vacation: Pleasure Planet, Paradise Planet, or Hell Planet Jesse Sheidlower

DRONES Magnificent footage of the Matterhorn (video) David Pescovitz

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

books The Metamodernism of Hanzi Freinacht Ferdinando Buscema