guns America has an unprecedented shortage of bullets Thom Dunn

spelling 14-year-old wins Scripps National Spelling Bee for 'psammophile' Rusty Blazenhoff

tabletop gaming Dustrunner, the super-cool Mad Max-like solo card game that fits in a mint tin Gareth Branwyn

california 30 tons of bomb-grade ammonium nitrate vanish from sealed rail car in western US Mark Frauenfelder

law "Good" guy with AR-15 rifle stands at school bus drop-off Ruben Bolling

explosions Tennessee company refuses to recall airbag inflators despite government request Rob Beschizza

spreading joy Group spreads "Random Acts of Crochet Kindness" Jennifer Sandlin

art Take a virtual tour of the Pech Merle prehistoric cave paintings Ruben Bolling

education Kids who have to crawl under freight trains to get to school Ruben Bolling

heroic dog Pint-sized pup saves owner from charging moose Mark Frauenfelder

AI AutoGPT will take over your tasks and then your livelihood Matt Muir

This team of blind women are detecting the tiniest breast cancer lumps in patients with incredible accuracy David Pescovitz

fun Visit a whimsical forest of gnomes in Seattle Popkin

Space These four people will be the first astronauts headed to the moon in 50 years David Pescovitz

new orleans In praise of the muffuletta, a classic New Orleans sandwich Jennifer Sandlin

Science Mammoth meatballs grown from ancient genetic information Rob Beschizza

photography Samsung's AI photo feature adds creepy teeth to baby photos Thom Dunn

video games Yakuza series devs beat seven games in a row in 170-hour livestream Grant St. Clair

for whom the hipaa tolls Complaint filed after writer and "whistleblower" publish details of young trans patient Thom Dunn

activism Girl Scout sells homemade cookies to avoid controversial ingredient Rusty Blazenhoff