art Enormous sculpture doubles as movable water filtration device Andrea James

Weird Caracas has a mysterious black highway goo that has killed 1,800 people Ellsworth Toohey

Games Metroid Prime 4's silent world requires expensive amiibo to fix Grant St. Clair

law Judge rules Mike Lindell defamed election tech company Rob Beschizza

politics Voters claim they voted day after election in Kimmel street interview Mark Frauenfelder

politics Mexico swears in Claudia Sheinbaum, its first woman president Rob Beschizza

Space Infrared map of the Milky Way charts 1.5 billion objects Rob Beschizza

retreats gone bad Co-workers ditch colleague on Colorado hiking retreat — who falls 20 times and gets stranded Carla Sinclair

tesla Tesla fires its Supercharger division Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures Nineteen feral cats have free rein of Mexico's National Palace Rob Beschizza

Los Angeles Sheriff's deputy shoots and kills domestic violence victim who called 911–and it's the second time he's done it Rob Beschizza

DRONES Man stranded in snow sends his drone to call for help David Pescovitz

Cryptozoology Mexican president posts photo proving existence of mysterious Mayan elf David Pescovitz

teapots Teapot with a NSFW spout Popkin

football Celebrate the World Cup with these bloody, sexy true crime soccer stories Thom Dunn

fbi FBI and Airforce in full riot gear raid home of Area 51 YouTube Mark Frauenfelder

music "100 Best Songs of 1982," the year when today's pop music was born David Pescovitz

Jammed gun foils "Neo-Nazi" assassination attempt on Argentina vice president Rob Beschizza

enslavement Stolen Relations: recovering stories of indigenous enslavement in the Americas A.E. Gómez

neuroscience Scientific breakthrough: Man uses brain-computer interface to request beer Thom Dunn