crime Senator Rand Paul severely beaten while mowing lawn, unable to return to DC; neighbor arrested Cory Doctorow

The Hastings Museum celebrates Kool-Aid's origins with a permanent exhibit Popkin

Business Adobe, Amazon, and Atlassian are telling workers: use AI less Séamus Bellamy

security IP Crawl exposes that insecure web camera you never locked down Rob Beschizza

Science The Vatican has run an astronomical observatory since 1774 Ellsworth Toohey

art Danish cemetery has a grave dated 1996–2064, for a time traveler Popkin

art Meet Betsy, the 30-foot spiny lobster guarding the Florida Keys Popkin

$80 DIY bird listening device creates painterly collages of avian visitors Rob Beschizza

art Famous bull fresco's bollocks restored Rob Beschizza

Business Site tracks significant U.S. layoffs Rob Beschizza

Technology Boston Dynamics Atlas robot gets in on World Cup fever Gail Sherman

travel Alaska's "Dr. Seuss House" is a stacked-cabin tower deep in the woods Popkin

travel The thrift store that exists because airlines lose your bags Popkin

books Sci-Hub and Libgen descend from a Soviet tradition of smuggled science Ellsworth Toohey

History Would you sleep in a 1,000-year-old cliff dwelling? Popkin

Science World map of presumed laptop theft risk in coffee shops Rob Beschizza

travel The giant dinosaurs still standing by America's roads Popkin

art For 400 years, this Sicilian village has built cathedrals from bread Popkin

travel Wisconsin's fiberglass mold graveyard lets you climb inside a whale Popkin

travel Paddle Up: a tour of some of the world's quirkiest ping pong spots according to Atlas Obscura Popkin