jack black Kids go bananas for 'Peaches' cover by 7-year-old classmate in school's talent show Rusty Blazenhoff

History Captain Billy's Whiz Bang gave a pastor's Egypt trip the pulp treatment in 1922 Ellsworth Toohey

politics Jakarta now world's largest city Rob Beschizza

Ancient gold bracelet of Pharaoh Amenemope disappears from Cairo museum Jason Weisberger

disasters Submarine carrying 44 tourists sinks in Egypt, killing 6 and injuring 9 Carla Sinclair

censorship Egyptian cartoonist jailed over critical cartoons Ruben Bolling

economics Egypt raises price of bread by 300% Natalie Dressed

death valley Driver saves a tarantula by braking hard — causing a crash instead Carla Sinclair

george santos Nassau County GOP to demand George Santos' resignation Mark Frauenfelder

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

African grey parrots A cursing parrot hurls vulgar insults at its cat buddy Carla Sinclair

makers Stop motion animation on Vimeo awarded Best of the Year. Gareth Branwyn

video games Deep analysis of the new Indiana Jones video game's trailer Jason Weisberger

Nintendo Before Peloton, there was the Nintendo/Life Fitness Exertainment bike David Pescovitz

makers Harvesting eyeballs from discarded doll heads for a stop-motion film Mark Frauenfelder

trump Trump was going to let Egypt arrest NYT reporter, Sulzberger says Xeni Jardin

chartjunk Why hurricane maps do a terrible job of communicating the danger of a hurricane Clive Thompson

Weird Egypt zoo reportedly disguised donkey as a zebra David Pescovitz

X-Men: Grand Design 8 – In Cairo Ed Piskor