OM NOM NOM BBC filmmaker transforms himself into boxed lunch for a polar bear Séamus Bellamy

video Turns out sloths are pretty good swimmers Andrea James

politics Cassian Andor was inspired by Joseph Stalin Rob Beschizza

pranks Left-handed Burger King Whopper, gravity-defying planetary alignment, and other great April Fools' Day moments Allan Rose Hill

madagascar The lowland streaked tenrec uses its spines to communicate via ultrasonic noises Jennifer Sandlin

politics No smoking gun found in JFK assassination docs Rob Beschizza

Building blocks of life found on asteroid Allan Rose Hill

Science The Venezuelan lake with killer lightning Gail Sherman

climate change We've officially passed the 1.5° global warming limit we've been warned about for years Thom Dunn

Cunk Philomena Cunk ponders the meaning of Life Jason Weisberger

bbc BBC republishes strange werewolf news segment lost since the 70s Thom Dunn

Space Io: Jupiter's hellish and beautiful moon where rivers of lava never stop flowing Popkin

NASA Starliner returns safely to Earth, without the astronauts Rob Beschizza

Entertainment The mind-bending world of nontransitive dice Mark Frauenfelder

the Moon Who owns the Moon? The trillion-dollar lunar rush for Helium-3 Mark Frauenfelder

nuns having fun Sister Wendy tells the story of painting Natalie Dressed

politics French president Macron calls election after far-right thrashes his party in EU vote Rob Beschizza

animals These 10 animals kill the most humans annually Allan Rose Hill

History What Neanderthals looked like 75,000 years ago Rob Beschizza

Delightful Creatures Hear me out: pigeons are actually really interesting Gail Sherman