art "Medical Science Inktober" highlights terrific, creepy drawings of "unsavory science" topics including polycephaly, bloodletting, and more Jennifer Sandlin

History A brief history of the selfie Jennifer Sandlin

tv commercials Watch Mikhail Gorbachev star in a Pizza Hut commercial David Pescovitz

florida A beautiful and disturbing photo essay about Florida Jennifer Sandlin

Rest in Peace The Amazing Jonathan has passed away Jason Weisberger

dna Scientists accidentally made Pac-man ghosts out of DNA Origami Thom Dunn

racism 'Complete sh*tshow': Drive-thru Dickens fair deemed a disaster Rusty Blazenhoff

tabloids Obama Public Enemy No.1 in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

Science Scientists detected a new coronavirus and it's jumping from dogs to people David Pescovitz

raids Navalny's friend decides to play the piano as police raid her house Carla Sinclair

television The time Mikhail Gorbachev starred in a Pizza Hut commercial David Pescovitz

History New DNA tests show remains are Romanovs Rob Beschizza

Belarusian "sex expert" claims to have bombshell dirt about Trump-Russia connection Mark Frauenfelder

fly the friendly skies Watch bizarre video: United Airlines employee pushes 71-year-old to floor, leaves him motionless Carla Sinclair

videos Why don't people use secure internet tools? Cory Doctorow

beyond brookledge See the Amazing Johnathan next weekend at Beyond Brookledge Jason Weisberger

magic Beyond Brookledge, May 19-21st at the iconic Mission Inn Jason Weisberger

uk Anarchist bitcoin hacker flies to Syria to join a 4-million person anarchist collective the size of Massachusetts Cory Doctorow

world records Dog pops 100 balloons in 39.08 seconds Andrea James