picks Baking Skullzones, skull-shaped calzones, for Halloween or any time Xeni Jardin

earthquake Cal Berkeley put a crooked line on its new football field, to show it sits on the Hayward Fault Rusty Blazenhoff

History How a raunchy love charm became an innocent nursery rhyme Ellsworth Toohey

History The Army told Hershey to make a chocolate bar that tasted bad Ellsworth Toohey

law AI beat law professors in 75% of blind matchups, Stanford finds Ellsworth Toohey

literature Could a Nabokov novel have been the 'father of all hypertext demos'? Ellsworth Toohey

Games Retro Pokémon-inspired indie game looks very cool, but not long for this world Grant St. Clair

Comic Books Mike Mignola throws Uri Tupka to the devils Gareth Branwyn

tech The E Ink device that keeps you on schedule without the rabbit hole Séamus Bellamy

top talent "Tiny Grandma" brings joy to the world Jennifer Sandlin

apple Will the new season of Silo stack up to the first two in the series? Séamus Bellamy

maker A hobbyist projects SFO's overhead planes onto his ceiling in real time Ellsworth Toohey

privacy Meta backs off tracking workers' keystrokes after they revolt Ellsworth Toohey

privacy When Meta, Google, and Apple agree on "privacy," watch your wallet Ellsworth Toohey

History A stolen slice of watermelon sparked a deadly 1856 riot in Panama Ellsworth Toohey

Japan What happened to the 2.5 mile high building designed to be taller than Mount Fuji? Ellsworth Toohey

Tin foil hat Candace Owens takes her patriot act to Putin's talent show Jason Weisberger

wheels on the bus Sticky tires are dirtier than they look Jason Weisberger

Delightful Creatures Bear shows hiker who is boss Jason Weisberger

Games New God of War game does not feature the god of war Grant St. Clair