insurrections Capitol rioter gets 5 years in prison for pepper spraying police Carla Sinclair

Francis Cadell painting bought for $100 in thrift store fetches more than $250,000 at auction Rob Beschizza

Comics Action Comics No. 1 heads to auction after a 40-year hold Ellsworth Toohey

Science The doctor who proved handwashing saves lives was locked in an asylum for it Ellsworth Toohey

writing Why speaking your journal beats typing it Ellsworth Toohey

History BBC's secret 1949 comedy rulebook banned chambermaids, fig leaves, puns Ellsworth Toohey

oregon Happy Exploding Whale Day! Rob Beschizza

art & design Artist conjures mysterious symbols from the ghosts of forgotten books Mark Frauenfelder

music Feeling down? Try "song laughing"! Jennifer Sandlin

California teenage girl becomes youngest American knighted by Pope Ellsworth Toohey

History Documentary reveals untold story of 12 American POWs killed in Hiroshima bombing Mark Frauenfelder

books Rediscover Marvel's forgotten horror gems in new hardcover collection Ruben Bolling

language The semicolon defended by its advocates Rob Beschizza

music Lorde's "Royals" cover sung in Old English Rob Beschizza

video Look at this delightfully weird photo-in-photo stop motion masterpiece Popkin

travel Frontier Airlines mocks Southwest by offering "free checked bags" Carla Sinclair

books "Weird Ireland" offers a wonderfully whimsical tour of the Emerald Isle Thom Dunn

Science Tea brewing process filters 15% of water lead, new research shows Ellsworth Toohey

NASA 35 years of the Hubble Space Telescope Gail Sherman

science fiction Dark sci-fi genius wrote at superhuman speed — Barry Malzberg Ellsworth Toohey