Science Awe makes for kind and generous kids, study shows Rusty Blazenhoff

Reviews Mark Dery on the "Surrealism Beyond Borders" show at The Met Gareth Branwyn

Culture Creative industry workers suffer the most stolen wages, according to UNESCO Thom Dunn

animal friends Penguins tour an art museum in Kansas City Thom Dunn

cars USPS mail carriers love their new electric duck trucks Rob Beschizza

Science There's a room-sized time capsule in Georgia that will be opened 6,098 years from now Ellsworth Toohey

graveyard Tiny Tombs of New Orleans: a scavenger hunt for history and art Popkin

Environment The slender-billed curlew is extinct Ruben Bolling

drugs Egyptian mug contained 2,000-year-old hallucinogenic brew Allan Rose Hill

los angeles Meet Gnatalie, Los Angeles' new fossilized green dinosaur Jason Weisberger

toys "Wicked" toys from Mattel featuring link to porn site pulled from shelves, now available on eBay Allan Rose Hill

Science Resarch platform FLIP Ship to be refitted instead of scrapped Gail Sherman

History What is this antique mystery machine? Historical society needs help figuring it out. Allan Rose Hill

magic How to find a good magic wand in Salem Thom Dunn

gadgets Apple rumored to be working on smart display resembling Luxo lamp iMac Rob Beschizza

Strange "pillar to heaven" photographed in sky over Thailand Allan Rose Hill

medical Autopsy revealed that this man had three penises Allan Rose Hill

art French museum refused to allow public access to secret 3D scans Rob Beschizza

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